Government only requested a quotation for geotechnical investigation of the site for the proposed specialty hospital on Wednesday—over two months after groundwork had started and provided little of the required information, which will ultimately affect the cost of the facility.
Managing Director of Ground Structures Engineering Consultants Inc, Charles Ceres told reporters yesterday that his company received a request for a quotation but would not be responding to it because the document has “no concept of what the project entails.” The document from the Ministry of Health, signed by Naresh Mangar as project manager/civil engineer was dated March 21, 2012. Ceres, who is a geotechnical engineer and groundwater hydrologist, has been expressing concern about the poor service being rendered by local engineers and he cited the hospital project as an example.
“What essentially is happening here is that you’re seeing an indication of technical incompetence which is the
