THE Provincial Engineering Office was told to submit the names of the projects, including their contractors, as the Capitol reviews the status of its major projects.
Lawyer Rayfrando Diaz, provincial administrator, said this was part of its review amid the delays of the completion of major Capitol projects.
Among the projects are the Mambukal Convention Hotel, Pala-Pala Food Terminal, the Provincial Administration Center and a new building near the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI)-Bacolod Office.
Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson has already expressed frustration on the delay of the completion of the said projects.
“We intend to finish the said projects within the year. There will be no sacred cow in the review of these projects. We will determine the slippage of the contractor. That is why we ordered the Engineering Office so that would be our basis to tell and remind the contractors of their delay,” Diaz said.
He said they will issue demand letters if necessary.
The provincial administrator further said that the projects’ specifications will also be reviewed.
It can be recalled that in 2019, a section of the Mambukal Convention Hotel at the provincial government owned Mambukal Resort in Murcia collapsed.
The contractor, Alfies Construction owned by Elwin Javelosa, shouldered the cost of the damaged section since the hotel that is still under construction has not yet been turned over to the Provincial Government when the incident happened.