The Institutional Control Body (OCI) of the Special Irrigation and Hydroenergy Project of Alto Piura (Peihap) detected that this entity of the Regional Government of Piura did not prepare reports on the absence of key personnel of the contractor and the supervisory company in the construction of section I of the road and access work of the Tronera Sur dam and Trasandino tunnel. . These works are valued at S/ 107,804,000.
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the reports. Since February 12, 2024, the construction work of the Peihap roads and accesses has been carried out by the Lima Sur Consortium, which is made up of the companies Condial EIRL and Constructora e Inversiones J&M Nazareth EIRL. The delivery time is scheduled for May 3, 2025.
On the other hand, it mentions that the supervision of the work was awarded to the Alto Piura Supervision Consortium, for an amount of S/ 2,360,000. The consortium is made up of the companies Fernández Idrogo Segundo Grimaniel and John Francis Julca Chacón.
According to control milestone report No. 013-2024, the auditors detected the repeated absence of the contractor’s key personnel and supervision, in the construction section of the road ditches, which was not reported by Peihap to the application of the respective penalty.
“From the inspection visit to the work, carried out on September 17, 2024, the control commission carried out a tour of section III-Pampas-Entry Portal, and verified from the beginning (progressive Km 10+616) to the end of the section (progressive Km 23+945), the absence of key personnel belonging to the contractor, as well as the supervision of the work; situation that has been repeated in previous visits,” the report reads.
In addition to the risk in the quality of the work, this generates a serious danger that a penalty of 139,000 soles may not be applied.
“It was found [a personal] filling the outlet and inlet heads of the relief sewer, without control by specialist personnel in structures, or personnel specialized in soil control,” the auditors report.
KEY PERSONNEL
This situation was repeated in other sections of the construction of the ditches, where security personnel, quality control, topography specialists, among others, were not located.
“During the visit carried out by the control commission, the total absence of the contractor’s key personnel was observed (site resident, engineer specializing in topography and road signs, engineer specializing in soils and pavements, engineer specializing in structures, works of art and drainage, an engineer specializing in measurements, costs and budgets, an engineer specializing in production and quality, an engineer specializing in environmental impact and an engineer specializing in occupational health and safety)”, states the control milestone report.
On behalf of the supervision, the head of supervision, an engineer specializing in topography and road marking, an engineer specializing in soils, pavements and geotechnics, an engineer specializing in structures, an engineer specializing in metering and valuations, and an engineer specializing in environmental impact, safety and health, were not found. at work.
The auditors specify that of the list of professionals that the contractor offered to win the tender, they only found the environmental impact specialist during the two-day control visit.
AFFECTED POPULATION
On the other hand, the auditors realized that the contractor would not comply with the environmental mitigation plan to reduce the impact of dust due to the constant passage of heavy machinery and vehicles.
“The residents Víctor Hugo Huancas Padilla, Angela Padilla Huamán and Justo Huancas Puelles approached, who pointed out that “the dust affects them (on their health and their housing) because the road and the dust are not irrigated for two weeks. “It happens with the passing of the wind and you can’t even eat and the beds are full of dust,” the report reads.
On the other hand, the Institutional Control Body (OCI) of the Special Irrigation and Hydropower Project of Alto Piura (Peihap) also detected in October the paralysis of the construction work of protection gabions in section III of the work, due to the opposition of the residents of 37 hamlets in the Sondorillo district.
Another recurring problem is the absence of key contractor personnel. As with the construction of the ditches, the absence of key personnel in occupational safety and health and environmental impact, both the contractor and the supervision, was also confirmed, despite the fact that risky works such as rock drilling at height, concrete production in the concrete plant, among others.
This was noted during the visits on October 29 and 30. On the other hand, at the concrete plant it was found that the plant’s operating personnel did not have the necessary implements to carry out their work; He did not have an adequate uniform, he did not have hearing or eye protection, and respiratory protection was deficient.
The OCI commission in its control milestone No. 016-2024-OCI/3921 SCC also warned of the lack of a report due to the absence of key contractor personnel and supervision in the specialties of occupational health and safety and environmental impact; as well as non-compliance with safety measures at the work and environmental mitigation measures, which generates a possible adverse consequence of S/ 73,980 due to the non-application of penalties and could affect the integrity, health and life of the workers.
“On October 29 and 30, 2024, the commission carried out an inspection visit to sections II and I of the work respectively, and confirmed the absence of key personnel,” the report says.
FEES APPROVED TO A “GHOST”
The Comptroller General of the Republic through the Institutional Control Body of the Special Irrigation and Hydroenergy Project of Alto Piura (Peihap) warned that the fees of a specialist were approved despite not being present in the work of “Creation of the Cascapampa dam , for water service for irrigation, in the district of Sondorillo – Huancabamba-Piura.”
absence. According to the control milestone report No. 014-2024-OCI/3921-SCC, the commission detected that by letter 216-2024/GRP-407000-407200 of October 11, the valuations for August and September 2024 were approved, which include the payment of the fees of the dam specialist in general expenses, who did not attend the work and that the same supervisor through entries of the work notebook informed the resident engineer of the professional’s absence.
“When reviewing the work valuation file No. 9 – August 2024, it was verified that the general expenses considered are 15% of the direct cost of the work valuation, the amount of which amounts to S/47,043, an amount that includes fees. of the dam specialist corresponding to the month of August 2024, as if the aforementioned professional had attended the work for 31 calendar days,” the OCI report reads.
They added that the same thing happens in assessment No. 10, which states that the aforementioned specialist worked 20 calendar days.
This absence of key personnel by the contractor constitutes a penalty for the company Consorcio R, for a value of S/ 38,625 (equivalent to 0.5 of a UIT per day of absence).
