DOOSAN heavy duty construction equipment with a total value of about US$3 million was handed over to BK International Inc. on Tuesday, November 28 by Mr. Van Dijikat Farm Supplies Ltd. at Ruimzight, East Bank Demerara. The DOOSAN heavy duty equipment includes eight excavators, two barges and three off-road high-capacity quarry trucks.
The equipment was sourced by BK International Inc. for works on the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) project – Sea and River Defence Resilience Project – Lot 2, which covers Crane/Harlem/Rotterdam/Mary on the West Coast of Demerara in Region 3. The contract is valued at US$5 million and should last for 18 months.
BK International Inc., during the period 1995 to 2002, has also successfully completed many projects in the area of sea defence, financed by the International Development Bank (IDB), in excess of US$10 million.
BK International Inc. also maintains its own port/wharf facilities at Parika and Kingston in Georgetown. BK International Inc. was the first Guyanese-owned Construction Company to undertake a major sea defence project, financed by the United States PL 480/World Bank at La Belle Alliance, Essequibo in 1997.
In 2003, the pioneering construction company successfully executed a US$5 million contract for the construction of 2.1 km sea defence at Mon Chosie, West Coast Berbice – the largest to be awarded to a Guyanese company at that time. BK now does over ninety percent (90%) of all local sea defence works, including one hundred percent (100%) of all IDB-funded sea defence projects.
It is accurate, therefore, to say that BK has successfully executed major projects financed by the United States PL 480/World Bank, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) and the European Union (EU). BK has executed a major farm to market road which was financed by the European Union (EU) – Re: L.E.A.P Program.
BK executed the largest sea defence contract awarded in Guyana. This contract involved the construction of approximately 4 km of sea defence in Regions 2 and 3, to the value of approximately G$3.6 billion. This was also funded by the European Union. The award of this contract substantiates the capabilities, professionalism and expertise of BK International Inc.