It was required to exhibit quality and prove efficiency through the mechanisation of much of the work that, until late 2010, remained labour-intensive. Numerous public facilities like roads, bridges and buildings, across the country suffered delays and shoddy workmanship.

Above all, one of the company’s main aspirations was and continues to be the creation of a workforce that eventually minimises the industry’s high dependence on expatriate workers, sometimes, to execute even the most basic of works like laying drains.

Although construction works began with the building of the country’s first road more than 50 years ago, it has not translated into building skills, experience and capacities of the Bhutanese. The soaring number of local construction companies so far, has not necessarily meant generation of employment for Bhutanese, or better, the creation of a stable national workforce.

Today, that hope hinges on the Construction Development Corporation which, over the years since its establishment, has credence to several bridges and roads connecting the whole nation. In doing so, it has also built, and it continues to, a human resource of its own comprising engineering and technical graduates from various vocational institutes across the country.