Gustavo Weiss was re-elected as president of the Construction Chamber: his opinion on the current situation in the sector

Gustavo Weiss was re-elected as president of the Construction Chamber: his opinion on the current situation in the sector

December 3, 2024 – 19:09

Weiss will continue in charge of CAMARCO, amidst claims for the recomposition of public works.

In a day of definitions of the Ordinary General Assembly of the Argentine Chamber of Construction (CAMARCO), Gustavo Weiss He was re-elected as president of the organization and will extend his term until 2026.

The definition occurs in the midst of the sector’s demand for recomposition of public works. The claim extends to all the managers that make up the Group of Sixalso made up of Weiss. In this framework, the I Synthetic Indicator of Construction Activity (ISAC) registered a drop of 24.8% in August 2024 compared to the same month in 2023 (number 11 consecutively). Thus, the accumulated index for the nine months of 2024 presented, in turn, a decrease of 29.5% compared to the same period in 2023.

Weiss became head of the House in 2016 in replacement of Juan Chediack and, from there, he continues to lead the organization, where he held various management positions since the 1980s. Born in the city of La Plata in 1952, he is a telecommunications engineer and director of the construction company Eleprint.

Gustavo Weiss: “Public works contracts in progress must be respected”

Interviewed last week by Ámbito, Gustavo Weiss He stressed that due to “information from our associates and material consumption data in October indicate that the level of activity is decreasing significantly. “This was aggravated in the last week, due to statements by the president-elect about substantial changes in the future investment policy in public works.”

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Gustavo Weiss during the last CAMARCO event.

Gustavo Weiss during the last CAMARCO event.

Likewise, he recalled that although “there are types of work in which private initiative and financing is possible and desirable,” “those private investment contracts did not represent more than 17% of the total investment in infrastructure in the world: that is, 83% was public investment in public infrastructure.”

At the national level it is known that there is accrued debt (that is, accounted for after being inspected and approved) and unpaid debt of $160,000 million. It is estimated that there are works carried out in the course of measurement, and/or obligations in process and in the process of approval for a similar amount,” he stated and added that “andWe understand that current contracts must be respected, as the president-elect declared, with strict adherence to the principle of continuity of the State”.

In conclusion, he noted that “The most affected would be construction workers, employees of construction companies and then the companies themselves. “The damage will be greater in the SME construction companies in the interior of the country that carry out social housing work and their public service networks, in markets where the private investment alternative is non-existent.”

CAMARCO: who are the authorities

The management organization chart of CAMARCO It was defined like this:

  • President: Gustavo Weiss
  • 1st Vice President: Carlos Folatti
  • 2nd Vice President: Fernando Porretta
  • 3rd Vice President: Luis Lumello
  • 4th Vice President: Carlos Bacher
  • 5th Vice President: Ricardo Griot
  • 6th Vice President: Carlos Galuccio
  • Secretary: León Zakalik
  • Secretary of the Interior: Juan A. Castelli
  • Secretary of the Conurbano: Graciela de la Fuente
  • Treasurer: Miguel Marconi
  • Deputy Secretary: Fabián Gurrado
  • Deputy Secretary of the Interior: Laura Hereñú
  • Treasurer: Juan Manuel Touceda

Source: Ambito

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