Fault-finding mission kicks off on Hub's P60m crack

Friday, May 11, 2018

The Innovation Hub's Iconic Building is 20months behind schedule

A British firm has been engaged to find who to blame in a structural defect at the Innovation Hub's P853 million Science and Technology Park, that is behind a 20-month delay on the project.

The defect, described as a ‘crack’ in an internal Finance Ministry note this year, is expected to cost up to P60 million to rectify.

It occurred in the flagship Iconic Building, one of the continent’s most expensive and most advanced buildings. The building is part of the Park.

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