PAKISTAN'S CONSTRACTION SECTOR

Pakistan Engineering Council’s byelaws of 1987 carry a head pertaining to Construction and Operation of Engineering Works, which defines construction as:
“Construction of an engineering work shall also mean to include surveys, sub-soil and other investigations, erection, installation, testing and commissioning and execution of any other activities required to achieve the desired final shape of an engineering work, and shall also include extension, remodeling, rebuilding and repair works.”
Engineering works is defined in the Pakistan Engineering Council act 1976 as amended by Ordinance No. X of 2005 as under:
“Professional engineering work” means the giving of professional advice and opinions, the making of measurements and layouts, the preparation of reports, computations, designs, drawings, plans and specifications and the construction, inspection and supervision of engineering works, in respect of –
(a) railways, aerodromes, bridges, tunnels and metal led roads;
(b) dams, canals, harbors, light houses:
(c) works of an electrical, mechanical, hydraulic, communication, aeronautical power engineering, geological or mining character;
(d) waterworks, sewers, filtration, purification and incinerator works;
(e) residential and non-residential buildings, including foundations framework
(f) and electrical and mechanical systems thereof;
(g) structures accessory to engineering works and intended to house them;
(h) imparting or promotion of engineering education, training and planning, designing development construction, commissioning operation, maintenance and management of engineering works in respect of computer engineering, environmental engineering, chemical engineering, structural engineering, industrial engineering, production engineering, marine engineering and naval architecture, petroleum and gas engineering, metallurgical engineering, agricultural engineering, telecommunication engineering, avionics and space engineering, transportation engineering, air-conditioning, ventilation, cold storage works, system engineering, electronics, radio and television engineering, civil engineering, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering and biomedical engineering etc;
(i) organizing, managing and conducting the teaching and training of engineering subjects in engineering universities, colleges, institutions, government colleges of technology, polytechnic institutions and technical training institutions; and
(j) any other which the Council may, by notification in the official Gazette, declare to be an engineering work for the purposes of this Act”