Some members of the Central Municipal Council (CMC) have complained against companies which deploy their manpower between several projects at the same time, thereby causing delays in completion, local Arabic daily Arrayah has reported.
Such companies also engaged sub-contractors who failed as well to deliver on time. A CMC member cited a specific project in which nine sub-contractors were engaged in a year. “Finally, this project was delayed and it was after completion that many technical defects came to light,” he said.
Another member of the CMC pointed out that delays in the completion of projects and defective construction are a burden on the exchequer.
“A lot of money is spent on repairing such defects,” he said while calling for classification of the companies in terms of completing the work with quality and within the deadline.
“Defaulting companies should be excluded from future contracts and only contractors who are capable of handling the projects by themselves selected,” the CMC member added.