By Correspondent.
Harare, Zimbabwe. (News Of The South) – BLOVETAC construction company which was formed in 2007 has grown its business to the level of opening branches across Southern Africa in few years to come .The managing director and founder of BLOVETAC Construction Mr Phillip Chivhima has defied all odds irregardless of the current economic situation haunting Zimbabwe .
It all started in 2007 as a small entity when Phillip Chivhima had graduated from a vocational training centre which is under city of Harare decided to venture into construction industry .’I had no future plans of being a constructor when l was at school, l wanted to be an accountant unfortunately l could not do well in that subject at high school’ explained Mr Chivhima.’After completing my academic studies i was enrolled to a vocational training centre in Harare specialising on brick and block laying trades for two years where l acquired a certificate ‘narrated Chivhima.
BLOVETAC which is head quatered in Harare Granite site , provides services that includes project management, civil works, earth moving and equipment hiring , renovations and structural works .It has renovated and constructed several government buildings across Zimbabwe including Rusape General Hospital TB section ,Marondera TB section and infectious control sites and waiting shades.It has also been funded by several None Governmental Organisation like UNFPA in renovating Gokwe ,Madzivazvido and Mashavame clinic , World Food Program [WFP] through Natpharm in the construction of guard houses in Bulawayo and Masvingo ,UNICEF also has funded again through Natpharm funded BLOVETAC in renovating SBU warehouse head office in Harare.
The Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education also funded BlOVETAC in the construction of five classroom blocks in Zengeza 5 primary school and three classroom blocks in Budiriro primary school for the Early Childhood Education [ ECD].BLOVETAC has over twenty five workers which comprises of finance officer ,accountant ,contracts manager , quantity savayour and administrator who are graduates from different universities .It has a number of artisans who are holders of trade test cards like brick layers, electricians ,plumbers and carpenters and is registered with State Procurement Board [SPB], Construction Industry Federation of Zimbabwe[CIFOZ]and the Ministry of Public Works.
‘Soon we are opening a branch in Bulawayo and we want to outreach to all Matabeleland provinces urban and rural constructing different structures and we are looking forward to employ over five thousand people from those provinces ‘explained Chivhima. He also highlighted the challenges of inadequate security for collateral required by loan providers’. Mr Chivhima gives credit to PROWEB which is an organisation that trains young people entrepreneurship skills and recommends finance houses to fund projects. Mr Chivhima is happily married to Virginia who is a company administrator.
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