Harbour regeneration corporation seeking €1.8 million in damages over parliament construction delays

The Grand Harbour Regeneration Corporation is seeking to collect some €1,836,605 in damages from BIB joint venture over delays in the construction of the new parliament.

Presented in first hall of the civil courts today, the official letter refers to the penalties stipulated in the contract in case of delays in the delivery of work.

In particular, the GHRC is seeking damages caused by delays created by Italian company CFF Filiberti – the marble supplier who provided the Maltese parliament’s exterior cladding – in finishing the works.

The figure also includes damages related to unfinished work and repairs required.

In 2011, CFF Filiberti Srl was tasked by the BIB Joint Venture, the main contractor responsible for the construction of the Renzo Piano parliament, with the cladding of the façade while Q-Stone Ltd was nominated supplier of the stone.

Read more Italians send in the hyenas to claim millions owed on parliament works

On its part, Filiberti held Q-Stone Ltd responsible for the delays. Originally, the Italian contractor had complained of delays due to the quality of the stone, which was excavated from Gozo and shipped to its Parma plant, where it was cut into thousands of different shapes before being shipped back to Malta. Filiberti claimed that it ended up shipping more than 200 extra truckloads of stone to satisfy the client.  

But the Court of Appeals, in May, confirmed a judgement ordering the Italian company to pay its Maltese stone suppliers.