Contractor of the East Bank Berbice (EBB) road, H. Nauth and Sons, has committed to correcting all defective works to 12 kilometers road before officially handing over the project to the Ministry of Public Infrastructure (MPI).The contracting company was hired to resurface 12 kilometers of the road – between Everton and Mara.
The ministry said in a release that a review meeting held on Wednesday at the ministry with David Patterson, Minister of Public Infrastructure and the Technical staff from the Works Services Group, Jerry Loochan, General Manager of H. Nauth and Sons informed the minister that remedial works will commence September 9, 2015. Inspection done on August 26 by the Ministry’s Internal Auditors found that sections of the road have a finished surface that did not meet the specifications, debris were very visible in wearing course, which resulted in holes emerging on the road surface, noticeable was also vegetation growing through the road and hairline cracks which clearly indicate that the base material still has vegetable soil.
Furthermore, the compaction test of the thoroughfare will be re-evaluated by the ministry’s laboratory. H. Nauth Company will be executing some independent density test as well. To this end, a technical team from the Ministry will accompany the Contractor to inspect all defects with the aim of conducting a detailed assessment of the corrective works needed to bring the project within the specifications and standard as per contract. The road project cost GY $393.9M. Work commenced in November 2014 and was completed in June.
Minister Patterson meeting with officials of his ministry and the contractor