Contractor took scrap for free

THE demolition of the old Cebu City Medical Center (CCMC) costs P7.65 million and the contractor who undertook the demolition works took the scrap from the building.

The demolition was done at no cost to the City Government.

This was disclosed by the Department of Engineering and Public Works (DEPW) during the City Councils executive session yesterday that seeks to determine who took custody of the scrap materials from the CCMC.

In appearing before them, DEPW Chief Engr. Jose Marie Poblete told the legislative body that the P7.65 million covers the JLC Constructions supply of labor for the demolition of the hospital, the equipment used and other demolition works, such has hauling and disposal of the debris.

The rubble from the CCMC were dumped along the road leading to the City Hall block in the South Road Properties and in Pond A.

The contractor, Poblete said, deployed at least 100 personnel for the demolition as well as three big backhoes and 10 ten-wheeler trucks among others.

Recovered

After the demolition works, the contractor recovered P1.86 million worth of materials.

Based on the report the contractor submitted, they included rollable wires (20.8 kgs.), rebars (37.1 kgs.), grilles (23.8 kgs.), and assorted scrap (32.3 kgs.) among others.

Poblete said the materials that the contractor recovered were taken by as a form of defraying the cost they have incurred in demolishing the CCMC at no cost to the City.

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