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PROFILE : My journey to Professional Registration - Innocent Gininda

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Innocent Gininda shares his journey to becoming a registered Professional Engineer (PrEng), emphasizing the importance of mentorship, early preparation, and understanding ECSA requirements. He offers advice to aspiring PrEngs, highlighting the value of diverse feedback and a positive mindset. My journey to becoming a registered Professional Engineer (PrEng) culminated successfully in November 2024. I was fortunate to begin my career at a company with a Commitment and Undertaking (C&U) Agreement with ECSA and a robust mentorship program. This commitment to training engineers to the standard required for Professional Registration provided me with essential resources and a structured path to track my experience against ECSA requirements. Early exposure to these expectations instilled a positive outlook on registration and solidified my desire to achieve this milestone. My views on Professional Registration have remained consistently positive throughout this journey. Working alongside ...
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NEWS: Germany’s construction slump ‘taking longer than expected’

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Germany’s construction sector is set to remain subdued throughout 2024 as a slump sparked by its worst property crisis in decades takes longer to resolve than expected.


Germany’s construction spending is forecast to fall in 2024 for the first time since 2009 and the fallout from the financial crisis, according to a study by the DIW economic institute and seen by Reuters.

A separate study by Ifo economic institute showed that sentiment in residential construction is at an all-time low.

Rapidly rising interest rates, combined with a surge in costs has pushed some developers in Germany into insolvency.

A new DIW study predicts that construction volume will shrink by 3.5% in 2024 to €546 billion (US$597.3 billion), before recovering by 0.5% in 2025, according to Reuters.

Laura Pagenhardt, an author of the study, said, “The slump in the construction industry is taking longer than expected.”

The Ifo survey showed a fall in sentiment in residential construction to -58.6 points in December, down from -54.4 in November. It was the lowest level since Ifo began tracking the index.

Tim-Oliver Mueller, head of the German Construction Industry Federation said, “Berlin, we have a problem. We are not talking about abstract things, but about affordable housing, which is urgently needed.”

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