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The '''National Council for Construction''' (NCC) is a statutory body set up under the National Council for Construction Act No. 13 of 2003 with the responsibility of providing for the promotion, development, training and regulation of the construction industry in Zambia. Under the Act, the NCC is further charged with the responsibility of registering of contractors, affiliation of professional bodies or organizations whose members are engaged in activities related to the construction industry and to provide for matters connected with or incidental to the foregoing.

The NCC was born out of  the National Policy on Construction Industry (NPCI), a Government policy document, initiated and approved by Cabinet in 1995.

After operating for almost four years without legal and regulatory authority, the National Council for Construction was finally established as a statutory body through the National Council for Construction Act, No. 13 of 2003. The NPCI set out Government’s vision for the industry’s aims and objectives, which are primarily to enhance delivery, value for money, growth of the emerging construction sector, sustainability, increased capacity and a source for employment opportunities.

*To unify the construction industry, to promote its well-being, to strive to create a profitable environment for its constituents, and to establish a united national platform encompassing formal and informal sectors of the industry and it’s professions;

*To contribute to the reconstruction, rehabilitation and development of Zambia and the uplifting of the standards of living of all its people;

*To add and amend these objects from time to time as decided by the National Council.

*[http://www.ncc.org.zm/ National Council for Construction official website]