{"id":279452,"date":"2018-07-05T06:06:53","date_gmt":"2018-07-04T20:06:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=279452"},"modified":"2018-07-05T06:06:53","modified_gmt":"2018-07-04T20:06:53","slug":"2-work-shifts-seen-to-speed-up-ipi-resort-construction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/2-work-shifts-seen-to-speed-up-ipi-resort-construction\/","title":{"rendered":"2 work shifts seen to speed up IPI resort construction"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Imperial Pacific International (CNMI) LLC vice president for construction Eric Poon, right, and IPI chief executive officer Henry Cheang attend the Commonwealth Casino Commission general meeting last Thursday at the Joeten-Kiyu Public Library conference room in Sususpe. (Bea Cabrera)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Imperial Pacific International (CNMI) LCC and contractor Pacific Rim Contractors are exhausting all efforts to finish the Imperial Pacific Resort as soon as possible and talks of having two work shifts have come out. <\/p>\n

During the monthly meeting of IPI executives and the Commonwealth Casino Commission last week, the former admitted that they would not be able to finish construction in August as stated in the casino agreement. <\/p>\n

According to Eric Poon, vice president for construction, a possible second work shift has been laid on the table.<\/p>\n

\u201cPacific Rim and IPI have been talking about second (work) shift which will start after 7pm until midnight. Right now, we already notified the people concerned about the possibility of nightshift work.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe exact date we still have to iron out with Pacific Rim because right now, we have to put the safety features needed especially at night before we put a date for the second (work) shift,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Poon said that they need more time to circulate the work that needs to be done daily. \u201cThe things that we are going to do at night will compose of re-stocking materials because day time we have construction activities.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is why nighttime will be dedicated to restocking materials and welding for the building fa\u00e7ade. Those things are in line that\u2019s why we are considering night shift work,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Construction of the Imperial Pacific Resort suffered delays and the No. 1 reason was due to lack of manpower.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor the past few months IPI has significantly increased manpower especially from IPI\u2019s side as we have H2-B workers. It helped us a lot to put our schedule even further\u2026 Moving along I can say we are back to normal like the way we want it.\u201d he said. <\/p>\n

\u201cCurrently, we have 68 management staff and 1,402 workers in construction\u201444 from Sinopan, 677 from Pacific Rim, and 700 IPI H2-B workers\u2026 we are still hiring\u2026 our requirement is 1,500 workers and right now we have 700 so we still have room to grow for sure,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

With a strengthened manpower, what IPI is looking at is to have additional time. \u201cMoving along, I can say we are back to normal like the way we want it. Once again, we just need time to complete the construction and that\u2019s all we are focused on,\u201d Poon said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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