“We will not allow dodgy people to be stealing from the people of Malawi disguising as contractors.” Controversy is hovering over Chancellor College (Chanco) after the higher learning institution’s Internal Procurement Committee awarded construction works of its administration block to a suspicious highest bidder. Nyasa Times has established that the contract to build an administration […]
Roads Authority (RA) chief executive officer Engineer Emmanuel Matapa has said as suggested by Vice-President Saulos Chilima, they will engage Plem Construction Limited on the need to improve the Chikwawa-Chapananga-Mwanza Road project. Chilima described as substandard works and ordered the redesigning of the first completed 10 kilometres (km) of the 140-km road. The Vice-President, who […]
A visibly furious Vice President Saulos Chilima on Monday deplored and took to task officials from Plem Construction company over what he called ‘poor and substandard works’ on the Chikwawa-Chapananga-Mwanza road. Chilima, who is also Minister responsible for Economic Planning and Development and Public Reforms, visited the road project as part of his inspection tour […]
Minister of Transport and Public Works Sidik Mia on Tuesday rushed to check on Chapananga Bridge across Mwanza River in Chikwawa after social media rumours were rife that heavy rains had washed it away. However, the minister found that the bridge is intact, it has not been washed away contrary to social media rumours. The […]
Minister for Agriculture, Lobin Lowe has advised Plem Construction Limited which is building Linga Irrigation Dam in Nkhata Bay, against sub-standard works on the new facility under construction. The minister’s advice follows complaints leveled against the construction company over its poor performance in some construction projects in the country. Lowe was speaking Friday when he, […]
Government has said it will not entertain any excuses from contractors that would delay the completion for the long-awaited Phalombe District Hospital . Speaking after touring the hospital, Minister of Health, Khumbidze Kandodo Chiponda advised the contractors to have construction works completed by November this year. The Minister also toured 75 houses at the site to […]
Completion of the construction of the 20 000 capacity Ntcheu Sports Stadium still remains September, 2020 despite the coronavirus pandemic threat that has affected the whole world. Plem Construction Limited, Project Manager, Ajai Mohen made the revelation on Wednesday when the Minister of Transport and Public Infrastructure together with officials of the National Construction Industry […]
Minister of Local Government and Rural Development Ben Malunga Phiri on Friday, May 8, 2020 officially launched construction of a modern tarmac road that will connect Nansomba in Mulanje Central constituency and Msikawanjala in Mulanje Bale. According to the contractor, Plem Construction, work on the road has already started and that they envisage it […]
A contractor has said it is going to take seven days to maintain the Blantyre-Chikwawa road which has been cut off by heavy rains at Thabwa, near the Kamuzu bridge. A senior official of Plem, the contractor said the company managed to make a diversion of the road to allow motorists go through. The rains […]
Lilongwe City Council together with residents of Kawale and Chilinde townships are angry at Plem Construction company for what they call shoddy work on a 5-kilometre road stretch from Chilinde to NAPHAM offices in Kawale. Plem upgraded the road in 2016 after winning a multi-million tender from the city council. As a client, the council […]
The construction of Chapananga Bridge that connects Chikwawa and Mwanza continues to take shape in the Lower Shire district. The bridge being constructed on Mwanza River will become Malawi’s longest when completed at least by the end of this year, according to the contractor, Plem Construction Company. Construction of roads and bridges has remained one […]
An official at one of the leading Construction Company in Chikwawa district has come under heavy criticism for allegedly asking women to offer sexual services in exchange of job opportunities. Two women who asked for anonymity said they failed to secure jobs from the company after they refused to sleep with Plem Construction Limited Indian […]
Minister of Agriculture Irrigation and Water Development Joseph Mwanamveka has said is impressed with the progress of work done at Bwanje Valley dam construction site in Dedza. He made the remarks when he visited the construction site in Ntakataka to appreciate the work that is being done at the construction site. “I should commend Plem […]
Construction of a four storey building to replace the old annex wing of Polytechnic, a constituent college of the University of Malawi, is progressing well with 28 per cent of concrete works completed. Higher Education Science and Technology Project Coordinator, Dr Ignasio Ngoma said currently concrete work which comprised the framework structure has been completed. […]
Lilongwe City Council (LCC) has said Plem Construction, a contractor of some city roads, did their best to fulfil the contract terms with the council to re-do the rehabilitation of some roads as Roads Authority Administration (RFA) expressed displeasure with quality of some of the upgraded road works. Officials of RFA toured the road projects […]
Construction of the disputed Mzuzu Airport-Chiputula-Katawa Road has taken shape following new design by the contractor, Plem Construction Ltd. The new tarmac road attracted public outcry over its quality when it started cracking days after upgrading it to bitumen standard. The contractor attributed the cracks to water springs beneath the road and lack of proper […]
The Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Kondwani Nankhumwa, has warned road contractors that substandard work is unacceptable and that if they do shoddy work in the country government will blacklist them. Nankhumwa urged contractors that the roads they build must be of high standards. He made the remarks on Friday when he was accompanied […]
Plem Construction Limited (PCL) has received a clean bill of health by Ministry of Local Government and Lilongwe City Council officials on Friday when they paid a visit to Area 24 road project in Lilongwe where they held a consensus agreement of the high standards that employed in undertaking the task. The inspection follows recent […]