–source says in defence of alleged shoddy work on Waramuri school

THE new Waramuri Secondary School was constructed according to specifications, and in tune with the contract.
That’s the word from a source familiar with the $15M project, which was completed several weeks prior to the opening of the September school term.
Over the weekend, a senior official of the Region One(Barima-Waini) village told the Guyana Chronicle, that the regional authorities along with the contractor, had paid the community a visit in August and promised to fix the many faults that had come to light after the building was completed. But to date, he said, those promises are yet to be fulfilled.

Those faults include, the use of latticework instead of glass for the windows, the end result of which is that whenever it rains, the children would get wet.
Another is the failure to make adjustments to certain areas of the building to accommodate windows and other air vents, and the painting of it.

According to a source close to the contractor, Sattaur Mohammed and Son Construction and Hardware Supplies, the building was constructed in accordance with the technical specifications. He said that as a matter of fact, the company had warned the regional authorities, through the regional engineer, that the use of latticework rather than glass for the windows would have posed a problem. But those warnings, he said, were largely ignored.

The new school was built by the government in order to facilitate those students who had to travel some 25 miles to get to Santa Rosa, where there is a secondary school.
Officials of the Region One administration are expected to visit Waramuri this week to address the issue.