BIH pursues 'culprits' after P24.6m crack

Friday, June 21, 2019

Botswana Innovation Hub (BIH) is pursuing reimbursement from as yet unnamed parties for the crack that occurred in the construction of its P717 million state-of-the-art Icon Building at the Science and Technology Park in Gaborone.

This week, the Hub revealed that the crack and other defects cost P24.6 million, a bill government agreed to pick up.

Legal experts roped in for a faultfinding mission by BIH last year, finalised their report in July, according to the Hub’s 2018 annual report released this week. “The company continues to engage with legal experts to pursue the reimbursement of the remedial costs from the service providers who are considered to be potentially at fault for these cracks and defects,” the Hub disclosed.

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BIH pursues 'culprits' after P24.6m crack

Botswana Innovation Hub (BIH) is pursuing reimbursement from as yet unnamed parties for the crack that occurred in the construction of its P717 million state-of-the-art Icon Building at the Science and Technology Park in Gaborone.