THE local authority with responsibility for the Plaisance/Industry district, are preparing to move in and take action against a businessman whose building which was under construction, collapsed on Monday, injuring a young father in the process.
The Guyana Chronicle was told that a cease order is likely to be issued to prevent the man or his agents from carrying out any further works at the site where the incident took place.
Workers for the businessman had already moved in and began clearing debris from the site, even as a complete assessment is yet to be carried out at the location by the local NDC.
Meanwhile, the young man who was injured when the unfinished building collapsed on Monday, has been discharged from the hospital and is resting at home.
He was an in-patient at the GPHC for several hours on Monday before being sent home. He told this publication that the owner for the construction site at which he worked has since instructed the young man’s family to take him for further medical attention at a private hospital, after it was found that he continues to feel pains about parts of his body.
The father of one recalled working at the site on Monday, when he heard a cracking sound and seconds after he was pinned by concrete and wood from the structure which had crumbled.
The young man related that based on what he has been able to witness since working at the site, all the works which were done were normal works, but he could not confirm whether or not these were done in a substandard manner.
Regional Chairperson of Region Four, Genevieve Allen, told the Chronicle that a team from her office as well as from the local office in the district where the incident took place, visited the location to assess the situation on Monday.
She said that contrary to what was happening when she received a call on Thursday morning, no permission was given to the contractor or the owner of the property to re-enter the premises and carry out works without the complete investigation into what really went wrong on Monday morning.
Residents are calling for the construction works to cease and for the council to take every possible measure to safeguard the interest and safety of the persons living the community.
They spoke of the structure being constructed on a “swamp,” which was filled with only 11 truckloads of sand.
