New $688M Christ Church Secondary School to be completed within 7 months

“…Make sure you are comfortable with the penalties and that you can meet your obligations under this contract before you sign it because I would be glad to take you where some of these children live and then take you the distance they have to travel just for an education every day…for you to understand why it is important for us to get it done right,” Manickchand told the contractors.

“And the way it is done if one contractor X doesn’t finish what he has to do it will be hard for contractor Y to do what they have to do,” she added.

And to ensure there is no reoccurrence of a fire, Project Coordinator and Head of the Ministry’s Buildings Unit, Ron Eastman said the ministry has ensured that the new design meets the standards of all fire prevention mechanisms.

“There [are] several components that we include that not only is alertness but is very much preventative…we won’t want to experience such a matter again,” Eastman said.

“…Some of it include fire extinguishers, we have some smoke detectors and some of the materials used as well will also not be that highly flammable,” he noted.