This release is made in response to Samoa Observer newspaper article
Sunday, 24th January 2021 headlined; “Brand new Parliament Building springs
leak”.
While we do not condone the unethical behaviour of disclosing
confidential official matters which concerns only the Project Steering
Committee and its Contractors, this succinctly clarifies what was printed in the
Sunday Samoan article.
Only an individual with an appreciation of modern architecture and
engineering structures can recognize the high level of project management,
contract administration, design thought process and construction that went
into building this project.
It is common in construction for a building to be occupied while defects
are being remedied until the Defects Liability Period (DLP) expires. In saying
that, it should be clarified that contractually, the DLP for the Parliament
building is still in effect and expires when ALL the building defects (which
includes the roof) have been addressed.

It is anticipated that once the COVID19 travel restrictions are lifted, the
subcontractors would then be able to travel to Samoa to inspect the roof.
Meanwhile, we are working closely with the Contractor to resolve the matter.