Region Five sacks contractor over school annex delays

Regional chairman, Bindrabhan Bisnauth (centre) with contractor, James Nicholson (right) and engineer, Mark Gupta (left) at the site.

Region Five administration officials recently terminated the job of a contractor who was assigned to construct an annex for the Fort Wellington Secondary School, after he failed to deliver.

The project commenced in August last year at a cost of about $14.6M and the contractor was fired because of “poor performance and unreasonable delays.”

Contractor James Nicholson, of No. 28 Village, West Coast Berbice, recently signed the