Library Project Manager Prospects Tour Facility

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Tuesday, 04 September 2012 02:30

By caribarena news

Antigua St. John’s - Five prospective project managers interested in seeing the long awaited National Library through to completion were given a tour and a chance to meet with select members of the Board of Education last Thursday.

It is expected that before the end of September, one one them will be selected to direct the project forward.

Executive Secretary of the Board of Education D. Gisele Isaac-Arrindell told Caribarena that contrary to previous estimations, the Board has not yet been able to identify the individual who will be handed the job.

She said a selection process that started with a notable number of interests was finally narrowed down to five last week.

Those individuals, with the exception of one, are all integrally involved in construction and project management in Antigua & Barbuda with varying levels of experiences.

“We have not been able to name a new project manager. There was a meeting with five candidates who have toured the site on Thursday,” she said.

They met with the library’s architect and engineer as well as Chairman of the Board of Education and select directors who are also members of the building committee.

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“They met on site and had a chance to look at the blueprint and ask questions,” Isaac-Arrindell said.

Following this meeting the prospects are permitted a window in which to pose questions and queries to the outgoing project manager and based on the responses to these, they will indicate their willingness to go forward and be eliminated accordingly.

In their further indication of interest, each prospect, Isaac-Arrindell said, will be required to submit proposals that outline a way forward and the cost of their services. All of this is to be completed before end of September.

Caribarena probed the identity of the prospects but the BOE Executive Secretary declined to name names. She did, however, note that they were all of notable standing in the local construction field.

“Their experiences and so on will all be taken into consideration and before the end of September we will have our new project manager named and based on what he and the quantity surveyor have to say, a projection date will be given,” she said.

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