The Georgetown City Hall restoration project is currently in its demolition phase with rebuilding expected to commence in the next two weeks.
Project Manager, Ramnarace Somar, yesterday told Stabroek News that demolition works may take about three weeks, since some of the walls encountered are 16-18 inches thick and may take longer than expected to be removed. Other minor structures inside the building also have to be torn down.
“Because the walls are so thick, we cannot bring in heavy machinery to break it down, it’s going to vibrate the entire building so we had to buy a small equipment that is doing the work slow,” said the project manager explained.
Somar also informed that they are also awaiting equipment such as scaffolds which are supposed to be imported within the next two weeks. “Our equipment are supposed to be here within the next two weeks, that’s scaffolding and other equipment, so we can start change the beams them from the front and scaffold the two sides of the building and start operating from inside and outside.”
He also noted that the process has been going smoothly and that the company wishes to complete construction within 12 months although they were initially given an 18-month time frame.
