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‘Substandard work, poor monitoring, delays will compromise project’ Two independent engineers,Cheap Jerseys Online, who recently visited the ongoing US$15M Hope Canal project which is geared to help reduce long term flooding on the East Coast of Demerara,Cheap NHL Jerseys Online, are calling on government to launch an urgent review in face of faulty works and delays.Both Malcolm Alli and Charles Sohan in a letter published today in Kaieteur News, spoke of piles being driven in an unacceptable manner and other factors which could threaten the project.Foundation for the head sluice by the conservancyOver the weekend,Wholesale Nike NFL Jerseys, Agriculture Minister, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy, reportedly expressed concerns that critical aspects of the Hope Canal project may not be completed by the June 2013 deadline.But he expressed optimism that the contractors could meet that target if they increase the pace with which works are being expedited.According to the Minister, its arm – the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) –is utilizing its own machinery,Cheap Jerseys, and has carried the construction of the actual canal almost to the conservancy.In October 2010, government had launched the canal project after major flooding threatened the coastlands. The flooding had threatened a catastrophic collapse of the East Demerara Water Conservancy (EDWC) which holds millions of gallons of water in the southern Demerara area.The new canal would provide another critical way to release waters from the EDWC to the Atlantic Ocean.In the past, to protect especially the Demerara coastline, government had been forced to release waters through the Mahaica River, flooding several farms and leaving hundreds of homes under water with millions of dollars in crop losses.The 10.3km canal will run from the EDWC via a three-door sluice at that end, along an excavated channel and be discharged into the Atlantic via an eight-door sluice. The canal also cuts one major roadway where the engineers have proposed a span resembling the truss bridges that currently cross the Mahaica and Abary Rivers.According to the two engineers, their recent visit and observations with respect to project activities, quality control and the contractors’ abilities to organize and execute the work to complete their contracts on time was not very encouraging.15% complete“Work done on the Weir discharge structure (Atlantic Ocean sluice) across the sea defence indicates that only about 15% of contract work has been completed to date,Cheap NFL Jerseys China, and based on the contractor’s performance thus far it is unlikely that the structure will be completed and become functional before 2014.”Since the launching in October 2010, government had tapped the project duration as two years, which expired last October. This has been moved to around mid-2013.“Excuses given such as the late delivery of materials, equipment failure and transportation difficulties all within his ambit are not severe contingencies to relieve the contractor of his contractual obligations to complete the Weir within the specified time-frame,” the two engineers said in their letter.The engineers, who have been writing in the press on a number of large projects run by government, also expressed alarm over the piles being driven for the outfall sluice.“The timber piles driven show that many of them are out of plumb, drifting by as much as three feet.”They went further… “The driven out-of-plumb timber piles may have been broken at the splices and therefore their bearing capacity compromised. The engineer responsible for observing materials and completed work to evaluate their compliance with the plans, specifications and design should have recognized these problems and instructed the contractor to take remedial measures to correct the sub-standard work.”According to the engineers, the slippages (delays in construction progress) should have been reported to NDIA (the owner) at an earlier stage and a plan proposed by the contractor, agreed to and monitored to get the project back on track.Substandard workThey were critical of the government’s engineers.“The Minister of Agriculture/NDIA engineers during their recent visit to the site must have seen that the piles were being driven out of alignment, but apparently they took no action to remedy the situation, continuing to allow things to slide while the contractor goes about his daily routine executing substandard work.”The growth of weeds in the Canal will prove a major challengeAlli and Sohan especially noted the design and supervision of construction of the outfall sluice which has raised many troubling questions. Design of the foundation requires some 52