Macau's newest mega resort complex has started recruiting for its construction management team amid tough competition, and it has already been successful in hiring key executives in construction and operation management.
Macao Studio City's co-chief executive Ambrose Cheung said it would be an international search for the senior construction management team as not all the skills could be found in Macau.
Mr Cheung said it was expected that some staff would move from other construction projects already under way in Macau. 'People are moving from job to job to improve their careers all the time,' Mr Cheung said. 'There is a lot of movement among professionals continually moving from one employer to another.'
Phase one of the US$2.2billion project is expected to be completed by the end of 2010 and, at its peak, will employ 6,000 construction staff.
Piling at the Cotai Strip site is almost complete and construction of the superstructure is expected to begin in the next few months. More than 5,000 precast concrete piles have been driven 45 metres into the ground, and 72 bore piles have been sunk 90 metres to form the base of the project.
More than 260,000 cubic metres of concrete and 560,000 tonnes of steel will be used for the project.