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David A. Burch

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22 May 2020 House of Assembly
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—in the normal manner on the government portal or advertised in the local media. Because these demolitions are specialist in nature ––[because of] the location, complexity and signed sensitivity ––a selective tendering process was used. Quotes were invited from five local contractors that specialise and are experienced in these types of work. They are Accurate Excavation, Building Blocks Construction, Butterfield …
22 May 2020 House of Assembly
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Island Construction Services Ltd. for the Valerie Scott Building, and Smith Hauling and Excavat ing for the Allenhurst Building.
22 May 2020 House of Assembly
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Answer. For the V alerie Scott Building, Building Blocks Ltd., $61,805; 4020 22 May 2020 Official Hansard Report Bermuda House of Assembly Butterfield Excavation Ltd., $44,100; Smith Hauling and Excavating Ltd., $31,153.24; Island Construction Services Ltd., $29,752. For the Allenhurst Building, Building Blocks Ltd., $350,733; Butterfield Excavating Ltd., $199,000; Smith Hauling and Excava ting Ltd., $75,989.50; and Island Construction Services …
22 May 2020 House of Assembly
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It was actually $29,000. Hon. L. Craig Cannonier: All right, 29. Sorry.
22 May 2020 House of Assembly
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What we did was to select the lowest bidder in each case. And in fact, there is a real backstory to this, which is internally with our technical officer, it made sense to us to award both contracts to one contractor for the simple reason of mobilisation and [because] the buildings are next - door to one another. And in …
22 May 2020 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker.
22 May 2020 House of Assembly
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Okay. Mr. Speaker, I would like to offer condolences to the family of Keithlyn Richard “Buddy” Wilson, whom you may r ecall and may be known to you, Mr. Speaker.
22 May 2020 House of Assembly
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He worked at the quarry and could handle any machine we have down there. And you, in fact, wrote and commended him in 2007 —
22 May 2020 House of Assembly
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—for the work that he did in installing the replacement Bailey bridges. The S peaker: Yes.
22 May 2020 House of Assembly
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I have been looking through the file, obviously. And I would like to send condolences to his widow, Leeann Wilson; his chi lOfficial Hansard Repor t 22 May 2020 4033 Bermuda House of Assembly dren, Keisha, Keitha and Keiasha; and the wider fam ily. Mr. Speaker, I would also like t o extend congratulations to Mr. Mitchell Johnson, who I …
22 May 2020 House of Assembly
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What?
22 May 2020 House of Assembly
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He retires today from the Ministry after 21 years of service, most recently at Marsh Folly. And anybody who knew him would know that, you know, he had no debate over what team he would support in any sport. And it would be our team,
22 May 2020 House of Assembly
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In fact, I am hoping to be able to put in a cameo this month. They are having a small celebration for him —no more than 10 pe ople—to be able to at least commend him and wish him well in his retirement. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
8 May 2020 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker.
8 May 2020 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, it was only a few short months ago that the world was hit with a pandemi c that would bring life as we know it to a grinding halt. And although we like to think of Bermuda as another world, we were not immune to this crisis. Mr. Speaker, similar to major events that changed the world in …
16 Mar 2020 House of Assembly
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Mr. Chairman, do you wish for me to do current and capital together?
16 Mar 2020 House of Assembly
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Okay. Can we start with a correction then to this amendment? In capital, in Works and Engineering, it should be Head 82 instead of 65.
16 Mar 2020 House of Assembly
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Mr. Chairman, let me just say to say I was surprised that we have a supplementary would be an understatement for 2018/19. But be that as it may, I was pleased to hear the Minister of Finance say it was a technical supplementary and I do not have to find any more money or be pena lised.
16 Mar 2020 House of Assembly
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But, Mr. Chairman, the budget for cost centre 92034 quarry receipts, an internal recharge budget with a negative value was set at $5.5 million, in fiscal 2018/19. This internal recharge amount represents a value of work that the quarry does for other departments in the wider government which means that the quarry will maintain vehicles belonging to other departments, fuel …
16 Mar 2020 House of Assembly
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Should I not? Right.