Mr Bentsi Enchill, Resident Engineer on the Job 600 rehabilitation project on Wednesday acknowledged that the quality of materials used in the construction of the tower block was doubtful as some had began rusting.
The US$63 million rehabilitation works would provide office accommodation for Members of Parliament (MPs)
He said though the building is near completion, the contractor of the 12 storey tower could have done much better in terms of quality and cited instances where the contractors used materials that were procured about 15 years ago for the construction.
Mr. Enchill made these remarks when the Committee for Works and Housing of parliament visited the construction site to ascertain the progress of work.
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.
Mr Enchill assessed the quality of the building saying “well, quality wise, I can only rate the building fair because a lot of areas could have been much better.”
The Job 600 building project commenced on April 1, 2010 to provide 252 office accommodations for MPs.
In addition to the provision of offices for the MPs and their ancillary staff, the building would contain a library, research centre, auditorium as well as meeting rooms for the various committees of Parliament.
The building was initially scheduled to be ready for use by the end of last year but when the committee visited yesterday, the major construction was almost completed, with minor fittings yet to be installed.
Mr. Enchill said the contractors had indicated that the building would be ready for the MPs by the end of April, although the government had given them a final deadline of May.
The Chairman of the Committee, Mr David Tetteh Assumeng told newsmen that the committee was not too impressed with the work done so far and would invite the contractors at the appropriate time for questioning.
