Engineer's bill boon to profession, says ACCE

Engineer's Bill, which is pending before Parliament, would be a boon to the sector after it becomes an Act, a senior official of Association of Consulting Civil Engineers (India) said today.
The bodies, representing all segments of engineers, were fighting for the bill, as it would give recognition to the profession, as given by other professsions like Doctors, Auditors and Lawyers, to practice, particularly in consultancy services, ACCE Chairman Coimbatore Chapter K Subash told PTI.
Without any recognition, nearly 40 lakh engineers in India were left in the lurch, as they could not practice the profession and many foreign engineers were found opening shop in the country, he said.

Once it becomes Act, there would be one Council for engineers, as on the line of Medical Council of India, Subash said, adding, that the bill was now now before Parliament and is expected to be passed only by a new government.
On construction industry, Subash said that it was growing at the rate of 20 per cent year on year across the country, since the demand for habitual buildings was gaining momentum, of late.
The requirement for habitual building, which was eight billion square metres for the last 150 years, till 2005, is expected to go up to 40 billion square metres by 2020, Subash said.