The second day of Builders of Egypt 2014 Forum has kicked off today, Wednesday at “Intercontinental Citystars, under the auspices of Egyptian Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab.

Today’s event would lead up to Egypt’s Economic Summit, which is scheduled to take place next March in Sharm Al Shiekh.

The two-day forum is organized by the Egyptian Federation for Construction & Building Contractors (EFCBC) and “Excellent Communications” a specialized Public Relations and events management agency.

According to Excellent Communications, The largest decision making platform will shed the light on “The Strategy of Reconstruction” amid the presence of government representatives and more than 1000 regional and global delegates of prominent decision makers from construction, building materials, real estate development, and project management sectors. This is in order to exchange experiences and enhance communication with the most prominent pioneers of the construction sector.

The second day’s session will discuss the developments in one of the country’s giant national projects, One Million Housing. It will also tackle the challenges facing the contractors in implementing the road plan and offering solutions, as well as to the required fund for the implementation and the possibility of benefiting from the public-private partnership.

Amid the witnessed increase in energy prices, the second day will discuss its negative impact on building materials industry and how to cope with the frequent loose of prices especially with the long term of projects, in addition to the impact of the government decree to impose fees on imported steel.

In order to raise the technical and expertise levels in building and construction market, the forum will address today the different methods of qualification and training, and the reasons behind the witnessed retreat in qualified and well trained employment in Egypt, and the impact of this lack of professional workers on the sector’s activity.