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US$28M Brickdam Police Station on track for June 2026 deadline
US$28M Brickdam Police Station on track for June 2026 deadline
US$28M Brickdam Police Station on track for June 2026 deadline
Kaieteur News – On track to meet its June 2026 deadline, works on the new US$28 million Brickdam Police Station are currently 65 per cent complete.
On Wednesday, Minister of Home Affairs, Oneidge Walrond and Permanent Secretary, Andre Ally, alongside deputy commissioner, Errol Watts, Ministry officials and senior officers visited the station where they were briefed on the status of the project.
Speaking with the media, the Ministry’s engineering consultant, Rawlston Adams said the progress is smooth. “As of today, we are just about 65 per cent complete. We would like to say we are on time, so that’s our progress to date.”
He continued, “As you see the building is already enclosed, and we’re starting the framing of the walls, we’ve already installed 90 per cent of the AC ducts, about 90 per cent of the sprinkler system, so MEPs, that is mechanically electrical plumbing, so those are going way ahead of schedule. We’ve already installed most of the wastewater system, that’s the toilet pipes and the fresh water system.”
Addressing the media, Minister Walrond stated that the facility, when completed, will be the new Guyana Police Force (GPF) headquarters as well as the police divisional headquarters for ‘4A’. She noted that all the top-level leadership of the Police Force and the services being conducting at Eve Leary will relocate to the new Brickdam building.
The Minister said the Government has been speaking of a high level, world-class police force and the new Brickdam Police Station is befitting of the kind of force it expects.
Minister of Home Affairs, Oneidge Walrond alongside Permanent Secretary, Andre Ally and engineering consultant Rawlston Adams visiting the project site on Wednesday.
“Cutting-edge policing, removing bureaucracy, removing archaic methods of doing things, and so this building is just a metaphor for all of the things that we would be expecting from the police force and ultimately, also it’s to make sure the welfare of our ranks is extremely important to us. When we are requiring people to meet our world-class services, we will have to make sure that their welfare is also well taken care of and accommodations such as these, where they’re able to come into comfortable environment, one that speaks of professionalism and the future of where we’re taking Guyana,” she said.
Permanent Secretary Ally said the old structures in the compound will be demolished the lock-ups facility will also be rehabilitated.
Kaieteur News had reported that new US$28,140,000 Brickdam Police Station is being constructed by contractor R. Bassoo and Sons Construction Company in partnership with Qing Jian Group Company (CNQC) out of China.
The reconstruction of the station came following a devastating fire in 2021 which destroyed over 80 per cent of the structure.
At the sod-turning ceremony back in January 2024, it was revealed that the new 12-storey complex will be earthquake-resistant up to magnitude 5.0, will be equipped with state-of-the-art fire detection and protection systems including detectors, alarms, hose reels and fire extinguishers. The complex will also be equipped with advanced CCTV monitoring and access to control systems, a robust telephone and data network which will facilitate seamless communication within the facility and will have duo elevators and staircases strategically placed.
It will also feature central departments such as traffic, finance, the impact base, the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), among others.
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