Saint Lucia Air and Seaports Authority (SLASPA) General Manager, Daren Cenac, announced in a press conference on Thursday that the Authority has terminated its contract with OECC Ltd.
Overseas Engineering and Construction Company (OECC) is a Taiwanese construction firm which was engaged by SLASPA to undertake works for the rehabilitation of the Hewanorra International Airport.
Cenac disclosed that due to the contractor’s health and safety violations, SLASPA could not continue with the contract as planned.
“During the ongoing construction of our new Air Traffic Control Tower, the main contractor, OECC, breached multiple performance, health and safety requirements. Despite efforts to address these issues, OECC failed to comply and therefore, this prompted the termination of the contract on November 30th, 2024,” explained Cenac.
He disclosed that SLASPA followed the terms of its contract with the contractor and does not expect to incur any costs as a result of the termination.
“We have a contract agreement which is very clear as to how you proceed. So we have followed this very, very carefully in terms of the contract agreement. And if the contractor does not agree with our position, there are different avenues in that contract agreement where the parties can resolve the matters. So we have not received an official response from the contractor, but we don’t anticipate that there will be any costs,” he said.
Cenac outlined that SLASPA intends to release a tender for the completion of the tower in January of the incoming year so that the project may resume within the first quarter of 2025.
Rayneau? Just wait
Saint Lucia. the place people go to get rich off the backs of taxpayers by engaging in sweet borbol and cry about unforeseen delays and circumstances. All type of infrastructural work in saint lucia must take the maximum amount of time it must take and then a couple years longer, some work is currently incomplete with no timeline of completion. then we have some hungry thieves calling themselves politicians claiming they’re running to make a difference and give the people what they need.
SLASPA and the GOSL manufactured a Health and Safety breach of contract violation to get rid of the contractor; Meanwhile ALL construction sites in St Lucia, including government sponsored projects are in breach of Health & Safety guidelines with no repurcussios.
When will we stop playing these political games to the detriment of the country!
Well I guess the Lucian people have to wait another decade before they can see the country move one step forward how ridiculous is this?? Any update for the St Jude hospital?