Guyana Hydro-Power Construction Likely to Start by Year End
Georgetown, Guyana (GINA) The Caribbean should be pushing for renewable energy because of its vulnerability to fossil fuels, Head of State, Bharrat Jagdeo, has said and in this regard and despite challenges, Guyana would be pursuing renewable energy in the form of hydropower, one way or another. Guyana Power & Light Inc. Chairman, Winston Brassington, noted that it is likely that construction of the Amaila Falls hydropower plant will start by... [Read More...]
An Assessment of Turn-Key Contracts for the Realisation of Capital Works Projects
Tony Gibb BSc DCT (Leeds) CEng, FICE, FIStructurE, FASCE, FRSA. FR Preambles The traditional approach to capital works building projects in Anglo-Saxon countries, including the Commonwealth Caribbean, is for the owner to have separate contracts for architects, structural & civil engineering consultants, electrical & mechanical engineering consultants, quantity surveyors (except in North America) and construction contractors. Occasionally... [Read More...]
Principles and Choices – Part 1
Kenn A. Coates B of Arch., MRIAC, OAA,CAPHC.CaGBC “We shape buildings, therefore they shape us.” – Winston Churchill Let us just take a minute to contemplate and preface our thinking about the built environment. Given my profession as an Architect and having regard for the milieu of today’s architectural realm, I frequently question our purpose for what we do at any scale of endeavour and what we undertake professionally… and I look... [Read More...]
Overcoming Challenges in the Construction Sector
Victor Hart Introduction Construction projects, by nature, pose challenges at all stages of the project cycle, from design to construction. Unlike a factory-produced product that is exact, repetitive and quality assured because it is made in a controlled environment, each construction project is different due to the client’s brief, design choices, specifications, site and weather conditions and changes in the availability and quality of market... [Read More...]
What every Project Manager knows that you do not know: Time and Cost Overrun or Effective Planning and Scheduling?
By Ivan Hinkson FCIOB, FRICS, PMP, CCC A Caribbean Construction Project Management Group – CCPMG White Paper – Time and cost overrun is a major construction project management challenge, which has competency questions for the credibility and accountability of project managers and project sponsors in the current global environment. The challenge is that can planning and scheduling be used to leverage project management and effectively monitor,... [Read More...]
