Finding our builder

We have all heard the stories of cowboy builders in the UK.
We were quite daunted at finding a builder in Laos with both cultural and language difficulties.
It was important to find a reliable firm that we could trust and we were confident would do a good job. We wanted to use local Laos labour and make sure we avoided the exploitation of child labour.

With all this in mind a detailed specification was commissioned and with the help of Teng our Homeland Director invitations to tender were sent out to local firms.

We were delighted to receive seven detailed responses of which three were produced to a very high standard.

A committee was formed to meet with our short listed builders and we spent a very busy week discussing our plans and seeing examples of buildings completed by each contractor.

One firm impressed us most with their professionalism and the quality of their work. They had completed work on a number of projects for the public sector including the refurbishment of a school in central Luang Prabang in the heritage style.

Our minds were made up and we entered negotiations with Phonexay Constructions. Discussions lasted several days and we were grateful to Trustee Claire who drafted the contract for us

Chair Alan signs contract at Phoneyays office

 We had reached our next mile stone.

We were ready for the difficult job of building.