Sunday, November 04, 2007 MCIAA audits unfinished building
THE unfinished administration building of the Mactan-Cebu International Airport Authority (MCIAA) is being audited to determine if what was paid to the contractor was based on the actual accomplishment.
MCIAA General Manager Danilo Augusto Francia said their technical personnel will also draft a new scope of work and bill of materials to determine the cost to finish the project.
Construction of the building, whose original budget of P80 million was adjusted to P120 million, started during the time of then general manager Adelberto Yap but was stopped by the MCIAA Board for review.
Lapu-Lapu City Attorney Joseph Vincent Lim also said there is an order from the Office of the Building Official to demolish the structure because this was constructed without building permit.
Private claimant
Aside from lack of permit, lot No. 2541 where the building is being constructed has a private claimant named Isabel Godinez.
Godinez, through her counsel Silvino Maceren, showed a land title to support her claim.
Although Yap was determined to finish the construction, this was suspended in August 2006 by the MCIAA Board because it was allegedly questionable.
The MCIAA Board, whose members include Cebu Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia, Department of Tourism (DOT) Director Patria Roa, former Cebu City Vice Mayor Renato Osmeña, businessmen Winglip Chang and Gordon Joseph, found “strange” and “inexplicable” deletions of some items from the original approved cost while the cost of the project remained the same.
The board later dismissed Yap as general manager for lack of trust and confidence. He was replaced by Francia.
Completed
Francia said the building must be completed.
“We need the building so MCIAA, as well as the Air Transportation Office (ATO) employees can use the premises to decongest the domestic and international passenger terminals,” Francia said.
Once the various offices of MCIAA personnel at the terminals buildings are vacated, this will be rented out to different international airline companies and business concessionaires for high fees.
Airport officials believe the MCIAA can recover the cost of the future administration building in four to five years.
Francia said the ownership issued on the lot is not a problem for them, though he did not elaborate. (EOB)
