The T&T Lo­cal Con­tent Cham­ber is call­ing for leg­is­la­tion to make it com­pul­so­ry for lo­cal pro­fes­sion­als to be in­clud­ed in projects in the coun­try.Pres­i­dent of the Cham­ber Lennox Sir­juesingh said the the group had tried moral per­sua­sion but it did not work and was work­ing through the Min­istry of En­er­gy to achieve its goal. He said all con­struc­tion con­tracts should have a clause for the lo­cal con­tent of pro­fes­sion­als.

Sir­juesingh and two oth­er mem­bers of the 47-mem­ber Cham­ber met with THA Chief Sec­re­tary Orville Lon­don on Thurs­day to the es­tab­lish­ment of a To­ba­go Chap­ter of the or­gan­i­sa­tion. He said the time had come for prop­er build­ing codes to be es­tab­lished.Lon­don said To­ba­go con­trac­tors have found it chal­leng­ing to deal with mega con­trac­tors com­ing from Trinidad and there were some prac­tices which have to be agreed up­on.