“We are struggling!” That’s the word from principal of Construction Solutions Limited, Vincent Taylor.
His company was one of the local contractors engaged to work on the Southern Coastal Highway Improvement Project, SCHIP.
Ten of the local sub-contractors have made the call to Prime Minister Andrew Holness to ensure that CEO of the National Works Agency, E.G. Hunter makes good on promises he made during a meeting in 2022.
The contractors say they’ve suffered from a myriad of issues due to clauses in their contracts.
A group of the contractors spoke with Nationwide News on Tuesday.
Mahiri Stewart has that story.
The contractors say they are owed up to $2 billion from unsettled claims under the contract with China Harbour Engineering Company, CHEC.
Following a meeting in 2022 that included, Prime Minister Andrew Holness and NWA CEO, E.G. Hunter, promises were made to fix clauses in the contract that caused issues for the local contractors.
Speaking Tuesday evening on Nationwide at Five, the lawyer representing the contractors, Christopher Honeywell, highlighted the issues they had regarding arbitration clauses in their contracts.
Principal of Construction Solutions Limited, Vincent Taylor, says the lack of compensation for the work done on the project, has caused staff to leave his company.
Mr. Taylor says scheduled meetings for the contractors and the NWA were cancelled without warning.
Meanwhile, Mr. Taylor made another plea to the prime minister to mitigate the issues faced by the SCHIP sub-contractors.
Vincent Taylor, principal of Construction Solutions Limited.
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