Who is in charge, the supervised or the supervisor?
PAULSHOF - GMH Tswelelo Consulting Engineers has broken their silence after allegations were made about delivering shoddy work at a Paulshof intersection.
The company CEO, George Hattingh, came out guns blazing and distanced the company from any physical involvement in the construction of the site along Witkoppen Road. He instead said their mandate was limited to monitoring the work of the contractor.
“We do no actual physical work onsite, this is what the contractor does. Our mandate is as stated. Our involvement was to put three people on the site, namely the resident engineer, the assistant resident engineer and the clerk of works. They monitor the workmanship and compliance with specifications, and we also measure the quantities so that we can certify the payments made to the contractor,” said Hattingh.
He, however, avoided condemning the quality of work which was produced under his company’s supervision, although he conceded that the contractor was expected to clean up the site.
Ward 93 councillor Annette Deppe even refused to accept the site on behalf of the community, demanding more road signage, correct traffic markings and a set of robots on the other side of the road. Hattingh avoided answering the specific issues formulated by Deppe.
Hattingh said his 28-year-old company had completed more than 230 government projects with distinction. He added that most of his government projects were executed in Gauteng, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, North West and Eastern Cape.
“We also have a successful track record in Mozambique, Zambia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, DRC and Tanzania. We also work for private clients, the mines and fuel companies,” said Hattingh in response to questions e-mailed to him by Fourways Review.
The engineering business tycoon said his company was registered with CESA, a body that registers consulting engineers.
“We have several staff members registered with the Engineering Council of South Africa and we have an ISO 9001 quality system monitored by SABS,” he added.
Hattingh said that the contractor onsite was to blame for all the complaints raised by Deppe. The question, however, which remains unanswered is: Who should take the blame, the monitor or the monitored?
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