‘We’ll deliver quality work’ — contractors handling Ogun road projects assure residents

Contractors handling the construction of various road projects across Ogun state have assured that they would deliver quality work that would stand the test of time.

The contractors, who acknowledged the huge investment made in the provision of critical infrastructure, said delivering quality work would be one of the areas of partnership with the state government in its efforts to develop the state.

Speaking to journalists on the steps taken to ensure quality job delivery, Ifeanyi Ugorji, site engineer of Still Earth Construction and Realty, the company handling the 12.3-kilometer Ilisan-Akaka-Isara road, said apart from ensuring that quality materials are used, the company has state-of-the-art equipment at its disposal.

He said the project is 73 percent complete and right on schedule for completion.

He said priority is being given to the hydraulic structures to beat the rainy season, adding that 60 percent of the asphalt overlay from the take-off point of the road project has been completed.

“We are prioritising the drainage because we need it to protect the embankment and the pavement itself, so as soon as we are done with the drainage, we will start the earthwork, which is actually the most critical part of the project,” he said.

“We have until August to deliver this project.”

Speaking on the progress of work done on the 0.85-kilometer Tam-Balogun, 1.1-kilometer Osinubi, and the 12.5-kilometer Obalende-Abeokuta roads in Ijebu-Ode, Michael Umeh, site engineer of Fort Hermon, said clearing the project site, excavation, stone base work, and construction of drainage systems have been completed and are ready for asphalting.

Umeh said, despite the rain being the major constraint impeding the speed of work, his company would forge ahead as it is known for quality job delivery.

On his part, Michael Akam, site supervisor of Craneburg, the construction company in charge of the Akute-Ijoko road, said excavation of 500 meters of the road has been done, and the construction of the drainage system would commence in a couple of days.

“We’ve done about 500 meters of the Akute-Ijoko road; it is a normal road with drainage on both sides,” Akam said.

“We are known for delivering quality work across the country, and this project will not be an exception.”

Ghassan Moussa, site supervisor of Hi-Tech Construction Company, said his company is currently working on phase 2 of the Sagamu-Iperu-Ode-Saapade road.

“We have completed at least 60 percent of the project. We are extending both sides of the road, and after that, we will put in the stone base and commence asphalting. I can assure you that we will deliver a quality job,” he said.