Gafoor’s, insurers in ‘stalemate’ over Houston Complex repairs

Sattaur Gafoor in the temporary office which was set up after the fire

There is a “stalemate” between Gafoors and its insurance underwriters over how to proceed on a building that was damaged in the massive fire at the company’s Houston Complex last month but some reconstruction has started.

Sattaur Gafoor in the temporary office which was set up after the fire
Sattaur Gafoor in the temporary office which was set up after the fire

In an exclusive interview, Executive Chairman Sattaur Gafoor told Stabroek News on Monday that “the underwriters’ surveyors are of the opinion that the building that still stands can be repaired.”

He said though, “Our civil engineers [Walter Willis and Raymond Latchmansingh] feel otherwise and that is