Contractors banned for bad work

TANGERANG: The Tangerang administration has blacklisted three of 15 contractors that recently completed development projects in the municipality, citing their unsatisfactory work.

"The three are regarded as bad contractors ... they will no longer be entrusted to do any projects in the municipality," Istiarso Soerjo, the assistant for development affairs, said on Monday.

He identified the three contractors as CV Indah Lestari, which renovated SD 7 elementary school in Kunciran, PT Darma Puri Bakti, which built elementary schools SD 1 and SD 8 in Cipondoh, and PT Listra Persada, which renovated SMA 5 high school.

Istiarso said the contractors only completed 60 percent of the work, after the deadline, and the "quality was below acceptable standards".

In an unscheduled visit last month, Mayor Wahidin Halim found work on the schools was not being done in accordance with the contracts and ordered officials to take action against the contractors. -- JP