THE Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA) is advancing plans to implement a real-time project tracking framework aimed at strengthening oversight, improving efficiency and ensuring greater accountability across its national housing and infrastructural programmes.

Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Martin Pertab, made the disclosure during a series of site visits along the Soesdyke-Linden Highway and East Bank Demerara corridor on Friday, where he reiterated the Authority’s commitment to adopting a more data-driven and results-oriented approach to project management.

“We are working on systems that will allow us to track progress in real time. This will include details such as contractors’ names, their projects, and daily updates. From our end, we must have a hands-on approach to how things are progressing, especially in the area of home construction and infrastructure development,” Dr. Pertab explained.

The initiative forms part of a broader institutional strengthening drive as the Ministry targets the construction of some 8,000 homes annually under the Government’s affordable housing programme.

He further highlighted that while efficiency remains a top priority, it will not come at the expense of quality, noting that tighter coordination with other state agencies will enhance due diligence before contract awards.

“We must adopt a zero-tolerance approach to inefficiency if we are to successfully achieve our mandate,” Dr. Pertab affirmed.

The CH&PA’s new monitoring framework is expected to serve as a cornerstone of the Ministry’s ongoing modernisation efforts, ensuring that every housing and infrastructure project contributes meaningfully to Guyana’s wider goal of sustainable community development.

“The purpose is to ensure efficiency in the system on the project site. I want to stress efficiency, given the highest workload we have ahead of us. While there is heavy emphasis on efficiency, we would not sacrifice efficiency for quality,” Dr. Pertab stated.