CIE AWARDED CONTRACT FOR EXPANSION AND REHABILITATION OF VIDE BOUTEILLE PRIMARY SCHOOL!

At a ceremony on Tuesday June 1, 20021 which took place at the Financial Center in Sans Souci, officials of the Ministry of Education, and Construction and Industrial Equipment came together to sign the contract for the Expansion and Rehabilitation of the Vide Bouteille Primary School.

Present at that signing were Hon. Gale Rigobert, Minister in the  Ministry of Education, The District Representative Hon. Stephenson King, a representative and Mr Rayneau Gajadhar, Team Leader and CEO of Construction and Industrial Equipment Ltd as well as support staff from the various institutions pertaining to this ceremony.

The documents signed entails the construction of a new, two-storey reinforced concrete building, of approximate total floor area of 13,571 sq. ft., of school teaching and administration space.  Set on a 43,044sq ft. lot, the facility will house part of the Vide Bouteille Primary School. 

Students of Vide Bouteille Primary School

The works will include an external area, open breezeway, parking lot area (including drainage) for staff and visitors' vehicles connecting to the existing roadway, wheelchair and pedestrian accesses to building, septic system, and rainwater harvesting system.

The Project is being implemented by the Ministry of Education, Innovation, Gender Relations and Sustainable Development (MOE) through its Department of Education (DOE).  MOE has contracted Consultants who will assist the EQuIP with delivering the Project. 

Financing for this contract was secured by The Government of Saint Lucia (GOSL) from the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) towards the cost of the Education Quality Improvement Project (EQuIP- the Project). 

Mr Gajadhar and his team are  pleased to have been awarded this contract and look  forward to producing high quality workmanship and timely delivery to the Government and people of St Lucia.