Smartcity contractors say they finished their work ‘ahead of time’
Ballut Blocks Services Ltd and Bonnici Bros Ltd present documents in Courts in which they refute Smartcity’s allegations that the contracted work was not delivered on time.
9 October 2011, 12:00am
Julia Farrugia
Julia Farrugia
1 min read
The BV Joint Venture presented documents in which Smartcity offered them acceleration costs after they finished the work earlier then planned, according to Sunday newspaper Illum.
“In a letter of 5 August 2010, the Engineer on behalf of the Employer made an offer to the Contractor for acceleration costs. This offer was without any reservations or condition and constitutes an admission and confirmation by the Employer and the Engineer that Contractor finished the work ahead of time,” a document seen by Illum reads.
“It is contradictory now for the Employer to claim for delays.”
Illum also reports that Smartcity’s claim that the work was not delivered on time contradicts with what government has been saying all along: that the Smartcity project was on time.
Julia Farrugia is a former editor of Illum newspaper.
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Very nice "concept" picture! It's a pity that none of it yet exists - I have just been there lately and there is one solitary building. And lots of fences!
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Now, we have empty buildings sitting empty. Good thing we don't have property taxes. And of course the construction industry is taking advantage of the all cheap illegal migrant labor we have here in Malta. Isn't this the truth.
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You know who's smart in our Island. Those in power who gave themselves a € 500 wage increase, and gave the rest € 1.15.
You can't be smarter than that........mhux hekk
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We live in a smart country, we have a smart goverment when it comes to fooling the public in general, we are filled with smart technologies and smart ideas, so everyting is smart in this island. The word smart city is a farce! One just needs to see the shaby states of the roads, the dirt everywhere, the goverment ministers getting a euro 500 increase. The unemployment and really low quality jobs in Malta, etc. to see what is really smart!
