a4architect.com wrote:the reason for poor shoddy work lies in how ministry of roads manages the contractors eg
1. how the contractor is selected/competency/experience for particular road works.
2. contract sum. Can the contract sum allow for good quality materials procurement ?
3. guidance and supervision form roads engineers i.e are the engineers enough and making proper supervision?
In most international contracts eg the chinese contracts, all the above are present hence better quality. If kirinyaga contractors are supervised well, with well funded contracts and employ experienced labour, their roads will be as good as chinese but kickbacks, low govt engineer staffing and poor quality staffing/labour ensures we get lower quality roads.
Exactly. i particulary like the better( not BEST)quality. Money and hence all resources are the major undoing for local contractors, giving an upper hand to the chinese. As for quality. do not be so sure. they require strict and close supervision, otherwise they'll mess up big time.
On thika road, they were ready to alter concrete mixes whenever the supervision team was away. They could even pour concerete on a site where underground water was flowing....they were not directly under me. You raise the issue by informing the supervisors, they are overruled by their superiors( chinese are politically "correct" and approach issues from above. Case in point-limuru road/forest road junction. And theres a crack at museum hill interchange..a a major one.
on Ojijo/ forest round...same case So as much as RE team is to blame( responsibility contractually), look at the bigger picture
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