Quality of material used on job 600 doubtful - Resident Engineer

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princewilly@ymail.com 11 years ago

They should have torn the building down and build a new one that would have been cheaper.
All the money used is waste with a lot of kickbacks.

They should have torn the building down and build a new one that would have been cheaper.
All the money used is waste with a lot of kickbacks.
LARYEAH 11 years ago

WHY DON'T YOU GO AHEAD AND DECLARE THOSE NDC PEOPLE AS USELESS.

WHY DON'T YOU GO AHEAD AND DECLARE THOSE NDC PEOPLE AS USELESS.
shamu 11 years ago

Is that Ghanaian engineer? what does he know at all? If there to be good engineers like this man, Ghana wouldn`t have gone for outside engineers.

Is that Ghanaian engineer? what does he know at all? If there to be good engineers like this man, Ghana wouldn`t have gone for outside engineers.
Alabama 11 years ago

Shamu,
This was my thought when I read Mr Enchill's accounts. He is the residence engineer and my question is where was he when the contractor was/or started the renovation? When did he know the materials were defective.

Shamu,
This was my thought when I read Mr Enchill's accounts. He is the residence engineer and my question is where was he when the contractor was/or started the renovation? When did he know the materials were defective.
shamu 11 years ago

Alabama you are too much. These are really good questions.

Alabama you are too much. These are really good questions.
Another African Patriot 11 years ago

He went to sleep

He went to sleep
SAMUEL AQ-WEN. 11 years ago

Alabama i side with you, the engineer and architect should have rejected the materials if it does not meet requirement. They are cowards......You are perfectly right.

Alabama i side with you, the engineer and architect should have rejected the materials if it does not meet requirement. They are cowards......You are perfectly right.
Nana Akomea 11 years ago

Incompetent & corrupt.

Incompetent & corrupt.
Yaw Owusu 11 years ago

I cry for Ghana. Chop Chop with no criminal prosecution of corrupt government official and contractors is what is killing Ghana. After all a board member on project can turn arround and supply concrete materials. It is only i ...
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I cry for Ghana. Chop Chop with no criminal prosecution of corrupt government official and contractors is what is killing Ghana. After all a board member on project can turn arround and supply concrete materials. It is only in a third world country like Ghana that this will happen. This is why the developed world do not trust our so called professional because they don know anything. He is way side Engineer.
Lone Ranger 11 years ago

Others are raising over 100 storeys with springy foundations well below the sea! This structure has less than 20 storeys yet has never seen completion. No doubt it has become the Tower of Ghana.

Others are raising over 100 storeys with springy foundations well below the sea! This structure has less than 20 storeys yet has never seen completion. No doubt it has become the Tower of Ghana.
Kwadwo Boakye Agyeaman 11 years ago

When was the building demolished or pulled down for construction.A whole professional journalist do not know the deference between rehabilitation/refurbishment and construction.The construction work of job 600 was started in ...
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When was the building demolished or pulled down for construction.A whole professional journalist do not know the deference between rehabilitation/refurbishment and construction.The construction work of job 600 was started in 1960-61 and was completed in 1963 for the Non Alliened conference.USD.63,000,000 for rehabilitation work on a ten storey building whilst it cost the Chinese USD16,000,000 to construct the whole new five storey ministry of foreign Affairs and regional integration building which contains hundred and forty one offices and all other facilities.
Mr. Oushuuuuu 11 years ago

Job 600 is 12 storey and its built like a collection of residential apartments.If you want to count individual rooms you would be getting numbers 5 times that of what the new foreign affairs ministry is and mind you this buil ...
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Job 600 is 12 storey and its built like a collection of residential apartments.If you want to count individual rooms you would be getting numbers 5 times that of what the new foreign affairs ministry is and mind you this building has glass fascia all over which the foreign ministry does not have.Have you checked the material used for the finishing at these two places?The finish for job 600 is much more expensive and mind you job 600 covers a wider area and has 6lifts i.e 2 for each wing.The air conditioning too is another.
Mr. Oushuuuuu 11 years ago

I am a bit surprised because Mr Enchill's concern yesterday was about the completion date that was behind schedule.He never mentioned rust and Daily guide was talking about rusted balustrades.Job 600 now as it sits has no bal ...
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I am a bit surprised because Mr Enchill's concern yesterday was about the completion date that was behind schedule.He never mentioned rust and Daily guide was talking about rusted balustrades.Job 600 now as it sits has no balustrades so who is lying here?
Unumi Bununya a.k.a Teteman Boy 11 years ago

By the way who is the contractor and will any sanctions be applied here? The resident engineer has to go public with this so that Ghana is not bedevilled with another judgement debt in the future like we have seen in the past ...
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By the way who is the contractor and will any sanctions be applied here? The resident engineer has to go public with this so that Ghana is not bedevilled with another judgement debt in the future like we have seen in the past two years.

And by the way, is the conttactor a Chinese company? Not sure if anyone issued a final certificate of occupancy for the new five-story Foreign Ministry building which was constructed in a record time of 27 months. Let's wait to see if the building will stand the test of time.
GHFUO, BE SERIOUS NOT PRIDEFUL! 11 years ago

CHINESE CONTRACTORS WILL USE KORLE SAND AS CEMENT TO BUILD THE PROJECT.. STILL, GH GOVT CANT SEE. DWEEBS!

When the team got to the last floor of the building, it realised that some of the metals used for the construction ...
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CHINESE CONTRACTORS WILL USE KORLE SAND AS CEMENT TO BUILD THE PROJECT.. STILL, GH GOVT CANT SEE. DWEEBS!

When the team got to the last floor of the building, it realised that some of the metals used for the construction had began rusting although the building was yet to be completed.
JOE DEY 11 years ago

THE PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH BUILDING FAILURES ARE AS RESULT OF THE NON-INVOLVEMENT OF MATERIALS ENGINEERS TO ASCERTAIN THE QUALITY OF MATERIALS FOR THE JOB. THE ROLE OF MATERIALS ENGINEERING/ENGINEERS SHOULD BE RECOGNIZED BY ...
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THE PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH BUILDING FAILURES ARE AS RESULT OF THE NON-INVOLVEMENT OF MATERIALS ENGINEERS TO ASCERTAIN THE QUALITY OF MATERIALS FOR THE JOB. THE ROLE OF MATERIALS ENGINEERING/ENGINEERS SHOULD BE RECOGNIZED BY THE GhIE AND BE PART OG THE DESIGN PROCESS. IN ADDITION THE COURSE 'MECHANICAL BEHAVIOUR OF ENGINEERING MATERIALS' SHOULD BE MADE COMPULSORY FOR ALL ENGINEERING PROGRAMMES, ESPECIALLY CIVIL AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERING.

BY PROF, SAMUEL KWOFIE, MATERIALS ENGINEER.
Kwaku 11 years ago

Mr. President, He is a man without shame. Nobody should employ such a character.

Mr. President, He is a man without shame. Nobody should employ such a character.
Kente 11 years ago

How does he calls himself an Resident Engineer. The resident engineer is responsible for approving the specifications for the materials used in the construction. Now he is saying that he is doubtful about the same materials h ...
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How does he calls himself an Resident Engineer. The resident engineer is responsible for approving the specifications for the materials used in the construction. Now he is saying that he is doubtful about the same materials he has approved. What is going on in Ghana? He must be fired and best be tried.
de 11 years ago

Did Mr. Enchill have a responsibility to co-supervise the work? If yes, when did he realize that inferior quality materials were being used for the reconstruction? Was he regularly present at the project site? What recommenda ...
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Did Mr. Enchill have a responsibility to co-supervise the work? If yes, when did he realize that inferior quality materials were being used for the reconstruction? Was he regularly present at the project site? What recommendations did he make to the contractors? Did he do same to gov't? If he was visibly present at the site there would be no way he couldn't have seen the materials being used. For Mr. Enchill now to make this noise is a clear indication of the rottenness in the various state institutions. He must be axed, and salaries paid him for those months he supervised the work retrieved. This is wickedness to Mother Ghana.
KA AKYIRE 11 years ago

RESIDENT ENGINEER OF A PROJECT, TELLING LAY MEN OF INFERIOR JOB THAN UNDER YOUR SUPERVISION? GOD SHOULD VISIT GHANA

RESIDENT ENGINEER OF A PROJECT, TELLING LAY MEN OF INFERIOR JOB THAN UNDER YOUR SUPERVISION? GOD SHOULD VISIT GHANA
Alhaji Pope 11 years ago

Would some one advice this man, to go for check-up at Ankaful mental hospital? I think this Bentsi Enchil bought his certificate.

Would some one advice this man, to go for check-up at Ankaful mental hospital? I think this Bentsi Enchil bought his certificate.
byebye 11 years ago

Let us check the credentials of this cocoase kratsi whether he passed all his papers. This has happened to a noisemaking lawyer in this country called gh. He was deferred in 2 papers. Did you remember?

Let us check the credentials of this cocoase kratsi whether he passed all his papers. This has happened to a noisemaking lawyer in this country called gh. He was deferred in 2 papers. Did you remember?

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