KATHMANDU, March 7: After the government amended the Public Procurement Rules, the deadlines of the contractual projects worth Rs 400 billion will be extended. The government has approved the 13th amendment to the Public Procurement Rules, 2080, and has legally opened the way to extend the deadline for projects that contractors have not completed on time.

KATHMANDU, August 13: The agitating construction entrepreneurs took their protest to a new level on Sunday morning by padlocking the offices of the director general of the Department of Roads and the Department of Water Resources and Irrigation.

KATHMANDU, Aug 12: Wearing safety helmets, construction vest and chanting slogans with raised hands, construction entrepreneurs from across Nepal at the behest of the Federation of Contractors' Associations of Nepal (FCAN) have been staging protest against the Government of Nepal for its  failure to promptly compensate contractors and construction workers. The protests are being held since July 30. On Saturday, the contractors held a rally from Babar Mahal to Maitighar Mandala.

KATHMANDU, July 31: The Federation of Contractors’ Associations of Nepal (FCAN) has organized a one-hour sit-in with safety helmets in front of the Prime Minister's residence, Baluwatar today.

KATHMANDU, May 4: It has been 10 days since the construction entrepreneurs stopped the work of development projects. The entrepreneurs have stopped the construction work with various demands due to the recent rise in the prices of construction materials. The strike has affected over 3,500 construction projects across the country.

KATHMANDU, May 3: Urban Development Minister Ram Kumari Jhakri has said that she is serious about solving the problems of construction entrepreneurs. Stating that the construction sector has become chaotic, Minister Jhakri said that initiatives will be taken to address the valid demands of the entrepreneurs.

KATHMANDU, April 29: The government has been holding talks with the construction entrepreneurs who have been protesting since last Sunday.

KATHMANDU, March 19: The Federation of Contractors' Associations Of Nepal (FCAN) has accused the government of pursuing a policy of restricting the growth and development of small entrepreneurs. The FCAN made the allegation at a press conference organized in Kathmandu on Friday.

KATHMANDU, Dec 24: Ravi Singh, president of the Federation of Contractors’ Associations of Nepal (FCAN), has said that the construction industry is in a crisis due to the lack of liquidity in the financial system. According to him, the construction industry has not been able to grow as fast as it should due to the lack of liquidity in the banking system.

KATHMANDU, June 14: The Federation of Contractors’ Association of Nepal (FCAN) has demanded an extension of the timeline of the projects with the deadline up to last April 29 by a year. The demand came with a note that the provision of extending the project period by six months would in no way be scientific.

KATHMANDU, May 21: The second wave of COVID-19 has directly affected over 6,000 infrastructure projects.

KATHMANDU, Feb 19: Advanced College of Engineering and Management (ACEM) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Federation of Contractors’ Associations of Nepal (FCAN) amid a function held at Hotel Marriott, Naxal, on Friday.

KATHMANDU, June 27: The Federation of Contractors Association- Nepal (FCAN) has stated that they can create employment opportunities if the government prepares an environment favourable for the same.

KATHMANDU, Feb 4: A delegation of Federation of Contractors' Association of Nepal (FCAN) submitted a memorandum to Chairperson of the Development and Technology Committee, Kalyani Khadka, demanding to take initiative to amend act and regulations creating problems in infrastructure development.

KATHMANDU, Nov 25: The agitating Federation of Contractor's Association Nepal (FCAN) on Monday staged a sit-in in front of the Prime Minister's official residence at Baluwatar.

KATHMANDU, June 6: Civil contractors have announced that they will stop all kinds of contracting work from July 17 – the first day of the next fiscal year.

KATHMANDU, May 22: Construction entrepreneurs have expressed their reservations against some of the provisions in sixth amendment to Public Procurement Rules 2007, saying that the law will affect the entire construction sector and push the industry to the brink of collapse.

SINDHUPALCHOWK, March 24: The construction sector has been denigrated because of a rising trend of working at low bidding, according to Rabi Singh, president of Federation of Contractors’ Association Nepal (FCAN).

Your daily dose of missed important news of the day.

KATHMANDU, Dec 11: The Federation of Contractors' Associations of Nepal has said it suffered a consequence of lack of appropriate coordination among the federal, province and local governments.

KATHMANDU, Nov 28: Federation of Contractors’ Association of Nepal (FCAN) has blamed the government and development partner Asian Development Bank for denying Nepali contractors’ participation in at least two mega-billion road projects.

KATHMANDU, Nov 20: The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) is organizing ‘CII ConMac 2018’, an exhibition of construction equipment, in Nepal beginning Thursday.

KATHMANDU, Nov 5: Police on Sunday arrested Maya Sherchan, 31, wife of Samirman Singh Basnet for her alleged involvement in many of the crimes that her husband has been linked with including the shooting of the then president of the Federation of Contractors’ Associations of Nepal (FCAN) Sharad Kumar Gauchan.

The Federation of Contractors’ Associations of Nepal (FCAN) has long been charged for influencing government agencies for collusion in contracts of development works. A handful big players have allegedly been controlling the professional umbrella body of civil works contractors. But the new executive body elected in September last week, led by Rabi Singh, has come forward with a different promise.

KATHMANDU, Oct 13: President of Federation of Contractor's Association Nepal (FCAN), Rabi Singh, said that they will soon run a training center to train contractors for their capacity building, in association with the Council for Technical Education and Vocational Training (CTEVT).

KATHMANDU, Sept 24: Rabi Singh has been elected the chair of Federation of Contractors’ Associations of Nepal.

KATHMANDU, Sept 24: Federation of Contractors' Associations of Nepal has elected a new leadership with Rabi Singh as president.

KATHMANDU, May 22: Minister for Home Affairs, Ram Bahadur Thapa, has expressed commitment to find a long-term solution for problems being faced by construction entrepreneurs.

KATHMANDU, March 15: A team of the Federation of Contractors' Association of Nepal (FCAN) has drawn the attention of the Public Procurement Monitoring Office (PPMO) toward unnatural hike in prices of some construction materials in the market.

KATHMANDU, Nov 27: Civil works contractors have demanded that the government accept hard copy tender documents, stating that technical glitches in e-procurement process were affecting many contractors.

KATHMANDU, Oct 12: Federation of Contractors' Associations of Nepal (FCAN) has denied any monetary dealings or contract dispute as motive in the murder of its president Sharad Kumar Guachan.

KATHMANDU, Oct 13: Hotel Association of Nepal (HAN) has condemned murder of Federation of Contractor Associations of Nepal (FCAN) President Sharad Kumar Gauchan.

KATHMANDU, Oct 10: Federation of Contractors Association of Nepal (FCAN) has said that it would continue its agitation programs until the government brings the murderer of Gauchan to book.

KATHMANDU, Oct 10: Lawmakers have condemned the murder of Chairperson of Federation of Contractors Association of Nepal (FCAN), Sharad Kumar Gauchan and urged the government to book the guilty immediately.

KATHMANDU, Oct 10: Federation of Contractors Association of Nepal (FCAN) has demanded the government take action against the guilty in murder of its chairman Sharad Kumar Gauchan immediately.

BHAKTAPUR, Oct 10: Federation of Contractors Association of Nepal (FCAN) has warned to hit the street if the government failed to arrest killers of its chair Sharad Kumar Gauchan immediately.

KATHAMDNU, Oct 10: The private sector of the country has condemned the murder of Sarad Kumar Gauchan, chairman of Federation of Contractors Association of Nepal (FCAN).

KATHMANDU, Oct 9: Chairperson of Federation of Contractors Association of Nepal (FCAN) Sharad Kumar Gauchan shot dead by an unidentified group in New Baneshwor on Monday afternoon.

KATHAMNDU, Sept 5: A delegation of Federation of Contractors' Association of Nepal (FCAN) met with Minister of Physical Infrastructure and Transport Bir Bahadur Balayar to inform him about problems being faced by contractors.

KATHMANDU, August 24: The Federation of Contractor's Association of Nepal (FCAN) has claimed that the contractor is not responsible for the damage in Jabdighat Bridge over Babai River in Bardiya.

KATHMANDU, August 2: A delegation of the Federation of Contractors’ Associations of Nepal (FCAN) on Tuesday met with Physical Infrastructure and Transport Minister Bir Bahadur Balayar, to brief him about the issues affecting them.

KATHMANDU, Aug 6: A representative of contractors who have been working on various development projects has told a parliamentary committee that they have to pay up to 20 percent of their total contract amounts as bribes to top government officials.