Summary
Building construction is an important sector in the
economy of a country. In recent years, the economic crisis
that affected from other Southeast Asian countries since
the end of 1997 has brought a progressive deterioration of
whole State apparatus and repercussions on the national
standard of living in Laos.
In such situation, of course, it is difficult for the
government to formulate the concrete housing policy for
its people whether in urban or rural areas, especially for
government staff and people who have no opportunity to
build their own houses, because of their low income.
Although many more urgent problems of economy
should be solved, the government, however, is playing
and should play more the role of facilitator in this regard
too. Augmentation of housing financing and improvement
in construction technology and management is required.
This paper tries to describe the general situation of the
building construction sector in Laos. Many actual
problems are presented and some proposal solutions are
given according to the opinion of the author.
This paper is made considering the relationship
between the design stage, the production stage and the
property management of building and housing
construction.