Investor urges zero tolerance for subpar building materials in gov’t projects

Minister of Business Dominic Gaskin (second from right), Managing Director of KSM Investments, Mahadeo Panchu (far right), his wife Shanti and son Arvind open the new cement products factory at Good Hope. (Photo by Keno George)

In keeping with its vision to modernise Guyana’s infrastructure, KSM Investments Inc. last evening launched its state-of-the-art concrete products factory, cement warehouse and interactive product display facility and Managing Director Mahadeo Panchu challenged the government to not accept the use of poor quality building materials in taxpayer-funded projects.

According to Panchu, the facility, located at the Lot 8 Good Hope, East Coast Demerara, is the first of its kind, not only in Guyana but in the Caribbean region. He told those in attendance at the launch that the factory’s fully-automated technology combines Chinese and German engineering, essentially meeting all