Dept ordered to blacklist irresponsible contractors
KUALA LUMPUR: Works Minister Datuk Seri S Samy Vellu has initiated action against contractors whose shoddy workmanship has resulted in government infrastructure projects being saddled with problems, such as leaking ceilings. He said yesterday he had asked the Public Works Department (JKR) to blacklist contractors who have failed to complete government projects on time and according to specifications.
The JKR has been instructed to propose to the Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) to blacklist the contractors and their companies, he said. Samy Vellu said that though the problems were minor, he wanted action to be taken against the irresponsible contractors and sub-contractors.
“For a start, I have instructed the JKR director-general (Datuk Dr Judin Abdul Karim) to send show-cause letters to these contractors,” he said when launching the ministry’s Excellence Service Awards 2006 ceremony here. Samy Vellu said the ministry would no longer tolerate shoddy workmanship but added that the blacklisting of contractors would not be done indiscriminately as the contractors would be asked to explain the problems they faced. He said many contractors faced difficulty in completing their projects owing to an increase in the prices of construction materials such as steel and cement.
“Apart from that, the difficulty in getting skilled workers also caused a delay in the completion of projects,” he said. Samy Vellu also said, somewhat cynically, that any government department or agency unhappy with the work of the JKR could undertake projects on their own.
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The JKR has been instructed to propose to the Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) to blacklist the contractors and their companies, he said. Samy Vellu said that though the problems were minor, he wanted action to be taken against the irresponsible contractors and sub-contractors.
“For a start, I have instructed the JKR director-general (Datuk Dr Judin Abdul Karim) to send show-cause letters to these contractors,” he said when launching the ministry’s Excellence Service Awards 2006 ceremony here. Samy Vellu said the ministry would no longer tolerate shoddy workmanship but added that the blacklisting of contractors would not be done indiscriminately as the contractors would be asked to explain the problems they faced. He said many contractors faced difficulty in completing their projects owing to an increase in the prices of construction materials such as steel and cement.
“Apart from that, the difficulty in getting skilled workers also caused a delay in the completion of projects,” he said. Samy Vellu also said, somewhat cynically, that any government department or agency unhappy with the work of the JKR could undertake projects on their own.
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