Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 25 September 2024
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health
Update on Construction of New National Children's Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board
9:30 am
Mr. David Gunning:
That is fair enough and there are examples where, as we have talked about, we have changed square ventilation grilles to circular ones. We have done that and BAM is entitled to get paid for that. Just to say again, any entitlement BAM has we have paid and will continue to pay as we are contractually obliged to. However, where we do not agree is on the extensions of time. As I said, BAM is claiming not just for the extension of time from the contractual completion date to its forecast end, but for that three times over, currently. It is seeking compensation three times over. "Extensions of time" is the phrase used in the industry and time is expensive.
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