Topic: Clifton Hunter High School
Schools project to get new manager
The government has announced that it will re-bid the project management contract for both John Gray and the Clifton Hunter High School campus.
Bids go out for school work
The government is issuing bids for some project work on the new John Gray High School, but it’s unclear who is managing the job.
Schools project out for tender
The Ministry of Education has invited tenders for the procurement of construction management services for the John Gray and Clifton Hunter High School projects.
High School space sufficient
“Space should be sufficient in the short term. However, it continues to leave little room to accommodate any significant future growth in the student population.” – Mary Rodrigues, chief officer Ministry of Education
Work on schools to restart
After a delay of several weeks, the
construction of two public high schools on Grand Cayman
resumed Tuesday.
High school projects hit big snag
The construction on the Clifton Hunter High School in Frank Sound and the new John Gray High School in George Town had started in 2008.
Tom Jones sues Government
Tom Jones International, the general contractor for the projects to build two new high schools on Grand Cayman, issued legal proceedings against the Cayman Islands Government in Grand Court yesterday.
Tom Jones gets termination notice
The dispute between the Cayman Islands Government and Tom Jones International Ltd. over the building of two new high schools looks to be heading for a court battle after the Ministry of Education issued termination notices on the contracts Wednesday.
Tom Jones International sued
Caribbean Mechanical (High Schools 2008) Limited, a major subcontractor on the two new government high school projects, has filed a civil action against Tom Jones International claiming CI$2.24 million for amounts due on work completed.
School project back in business
Although he admitted there are still some issues to be resolved, Cayman Islands Education Minister Rolston Anglin acknowledged this week that work on the new John Gray High School was back on track.
UK conditionally approves borrowing
The United Kingdom gave approval Monday for the Cayman Islands to borrow CI$50 million immediately and another CI$229 million condition.
Rationale of bid shelving revealed
Falling tourist numbers, customers conserving power and dropping gross domestic product figures all factored into a decision to shelve the generation of new electricity in Cayman.
Trouble at second school site
Police had to be called in when some 38 Caymanian workers refused to leave the jobsite of the Clifton Hunter High School project in Frank Sound after being told to do so by general contractor Tom Jones International Monday morning.
John Gray project shut down
The John Gray High School construction project shut down Friday amid the threat of legal action and claims by the government that the contractor may have duplicated fund allocations for pre-purchased equipment.
Today’s Editorial September 01: What were they thinking?
You just have to wonder what the people in the previous Ministry of Education were thinking.
$8.7M more needed for schools
The Cayman Islands Government will have to make an $8.77 million supplementary budget allocation with relation to the construction of three new high schools for work that was done ahead of the agreed schedule.
School builders’ clash boils over
A contractors' dispute has erupted on the building sites of two government high schools, putting nearly 150 employees out of work, including many Caymanians.
School age increase sought
Changes in the Cayman Islands Education Law would extend the mandatory school age here from 16 to 17 and would outlaw corporal punishment for school kids, if a revamped Education Mondernisation Bill is approved by legislators later this month.
Two new schools shelved
The government has shelved construction of two schools as part of its belt-tightening efforts.
Legislators debate school costs
Legislators from the People's Progressive Movement and United Democratic Party put forward opposing views on the necessity of spending nearly $60 million for a single school in Finance Committee recently.
Schools tender process defended
The Central Tenders Committee unanimously approved the award of the contracts for two of the three new planned high schools to Tom Jones International, members of the Finance Committee heard last week.
School tenders differ vastly
The two tenders received to build the new John Gray High School differed by almost CI$25 million.
Schools site works set to begin
Site works for the building of two new high schools and the redevelopment of John Gray High School are expected to begin next week.
