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BK’s involvement in defective stellings attracts Parliamentary attention

Jun 26, 2012 News

 

…APNU seeks query on why no penalties thus far

Projects being handled by Brian Tiwarie’s, BK International, have attracted the attention of Parliamentarians. Public Works Minister Robeson Benn will be requested this Thursday to provide answers.
Benn will be made to respond to his A Partnership for National Unity’s (APNU) Shadow, Joseph Harmon who wants to find out, “what, if any, sanctions have been levied against this contractor?”
Harmon has posed his question to the Minister by way of a Parliamentary request for answers and premised his demand on the fact that “BK International Inc. is the contractor responsible for construction works at the Supenaam Ferry Stelling, and whereas there has been a delay in the completion of the work at the ferry stelling as publicly expressed by the Honourable Minister of Public Works.”
BK International had won the initial contract to construct a stelling at Good Hope/Supenaam on the Essequibo Coast but with more than $500M spent on this project already it is still plagued with problems and yet to be functional.
Benn recently accused BK International of faulty works and threatened legal action. On Saturday morning last, a pontoon sank at Parika.
Officials from BK International have since relocated the pontoon and ramp which had been submerged.
But the Opposition Parliamentarian’s line of questioning is not limited to the Stelling project. Harmon has indicated an intention to have Benn “provide this House with contracts that are being undertaken by the company, B.K. International Inc., that are under the supervision of the Ministry of Works, the completion date of the contracts and the present state of completeness.”
BK recently came under fire from the European Union delegations over sea defence works to the tune of billions of dollars being undertaken with funding from that source.

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