Local company, Gaico Construction last week signed an agreement with Grand Canal Industrial Estates Inc (GCIE) to begin an in-river structures and dredging project for the building of the Berbice Deep Water Port
“We have signed a contract and are in the process of mobilizing to begin work in another month’s time…one of the important things with this project, and that we are very upbeat about, is that we want to recruit a lot of people from the Berbice area to work on it,” Director and Chief Executive Officer of Gaico Construction, Komal Singh told Stabroek News yesterday.
While he would not go into the financial details of the project, Singh said that the first phase of the project “exceeds US$6m”. It is estimated to take about six months to complete.