NAPA warranty does not cover design flaws, Madame Minister
Submitted by Edmund Gall on Fri, 04/16/2010 - 12:30
The Hon. Culture Minister has reportedly claimed that the costs for changes to the NAPA in Port of Spain are covered by the 1-year warranty on the building. This raises several questions.
First off, warranties usually only cover things that breakdown. What the ACTT has complained about are design flaws. So if the builders have to make changes to the design, e.g. install a new lighting system to replace the one your Ministry approved at the design stage, then these are not covered by any warranty. They will have to be paid for by our taxes - on top of what's been paid already.
Secondly, how come the warranty is only one year? The head of the Shanghai Construction company was in T&T at the launch of the building and claimed their work was so good that he was prepared to stand by it for the next 50 years. You mean to tell me a 'world-class' building was paid for and you only got a 1-year warranty? This is a $480 million building - not a kitchen appliance!
Lastly, what artiste in their right mind would simply accept the Hon. Minister's plea to stop complaining and go make creative use of a space that needs significant changes - changes so significant, that the Ministry's own technocrats have yet to put a dollar figure on them?
The Hon. Minister must take the public for fools.
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