Contractor unhappy over release of project specifications

Sep 21, 2010 News

… after executing shoddy road works in Diamond

Fazal Ishak, the Vice Chairman of the Diamond Block 1&2 Community Development Council, has lodged a formal complaint with the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development as it relates to shoddy road works.
According to Ishak, in his complaint, it was set out in the Bill of Quantities that the contractor must square potholes and excavate roadway to an average of nine inches thick and dispose of unwanted material as directed by the Engineer.
The contractor must also supply, cut, trim, and shape, and compact clay on shoulders as directed by the Engineer and dispose of excess clay off site.
The contractor was also supposed to supply, place, shape and compact white sand/sand
clay 9″ thick (40:60 mix) to excavated spots as well as supply and spread prime coat at 0.22 gal/syd (RC250) and applying 1″ thick white sand.
According to Ishak in his complaint, none of these requirements were met.
The official in his complaint to the Permanent Secretary said that the contractor only scraped the old road, and at no time the contractor excavated the road to the specified 9″ inches.
It was pointed out, also, that at no time did the contractor supply and compact clay on the shoulders of the roadway.
“All that the contractor did was to use a Bobcat and scrape the shoulders and sell the material…at no time, did he supply white sand at 40:60 mixed to the excavated spot.
It was pointed out to the PS also that at no time did the contractor supply or spread prime coat R.C.20 and apply one inch white sand. When questioned, the contractor did not explain why he did not apply the white sand.
In fact, the contractor was more interested in how the CDC Vice Chairman came into possession of the contract documents, Ishak said.
Ishak stated that when he measured the width of the roadway it was 10ft 8″. The width was supposed to be 12 feet.
Ishak added that when this was pointed out to the contractor he said he would widen it. However, he just placed some chip seal.
“I take my feet and scrape off the chip seal and told him this cannot work…The contractor then spread some tar and apply some chip seal and said the road is widened.”
The contractor purportedly did work on some 716 feet of roadway, “and it already start to break up.”
It was pointed out that some 102ft of roadway was not done to specification. The contractor only patched the holes.
The Permanent Secretary of the Local Government Ministry was invited to visit the project but to date this has not happened.

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