Cracks, chips and lies: that is how the works of the ‘Barracks case’ had been left


An skilled opinion commissioned by the courtroom that opened the case concludes that the Ávila barracks had been billed for initiatives that had been by no means carried out. In addition, the businesses allegedly and repeatedly lied in regards to the measurements that the areas they painted On events, the contractors allegedly charged for work that they by no means carried out or {that a} metropolis council undertook

Colors that don’t match, rooms through which solely the ceiling was painted, works carried out by City Councils however charged for by personal contractors, partitions with out sanding or the place neither the work nor the furnishings had been eliminated to color, cracks within the false ceilings supposedly mounted however which are nonetheless there, humidity and even paid work the place nobody confirmed up on the barracks, because the portray had been executed months earlier than by a earlier firm, as allegedly occurred in Hoyo de Pinares.

That is the outcome, based on the skilled opinion supplied to the courtroom investigating the case, on the reform and enchancment works of 27 Civil Guard barracks within the province of Ávila, solely part of these investigated in what is called the Barracks case. In whole and based on the skilled witness, the Ávila Civil Guard instructions invoiced 236,914 euros however the quantity really executed was solely 94,207 euros. The relaxation, greater than half of what was invested, allegedly served to pay for works that had been by no means carried out, however which did have the approval of the Civil Guard.

In the case of the Navarredonda de Gredos barracks, the skilled witness certifies that the work carried out is definitely solely half of what was budgeted. That is to say: that the corporate allegedly obtained 41,000 euros for some works valued at 21,000. According to the report made for the courtroom, numerous factors such because the restoration of the facade with mortar weren’t carried out, the doorways had been painted solely on the seen facet, and the roof presents “important harm” that ought to have been repaired, however was not. In this case, the Civil Guard requested budgets from three completely different firms. However, two of them introduced their budgets, with completely different figures however “the identical format” and the identical “font”.

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In the Arévalo barracks, the masonry work was estimated at 47,000 euros plus VAT, nonetheless the skilled says that there’s a deviation of 13,000 euros, and highlights the scant “consideration to element.” In Hoyo de Pinares, a finances was requested from three completely different firms, however curiously, “the three gives go the identical objects and measurements. It is noticed that the budgets of all of them have the identical format, the identical typography, font and measurement”. In this case, the contractors charged for a renovation of the toilet pipes that, based on the skilled, was not executed. For not doing, they didn’t even change the tiling of the boys’s loos, one thing that will have been important to vary the pipes that had been in these partitions.

“Upward discrepancies in all measures”

In addition, within the kitchen the report displays that “on this merchandise there are discrepancies within the measurement. And beware, there isn’t any kitchen. They additionally didn’t mount the “false plasterboard ceiling”, {the electrical} panel was not renewed besides with a programmer clock, there are discrepancies in virtually all of the measurements, issues within the lockup and based on the doc, the contractor even charged for making an entry ramp to the dependencies that, based on the model of the submit commander, was really executed by the city council. For this motive, on this case and within the opinion of the skilled, the work was paid for 48,000 euros plus VAT, when it solely prices 20,000.

Regarding the portray contracts, awarded with mounted money advances, the skilled maintains that the costs are “excessive” for the market common, which is paid at 5.78 per sq. meter when the Civil Guard was paying them at 7. ” There are upward discrepancies in all of the measurements”, explains the architect, who highlights how in all of the measurements, the errors are detrimental to the fee of public cash.

In Adanero, for instance, the contractor solely painted the door room, the warehouse and the doorway corridor, however solely the ceiling. When they painted they did not even take away the fireplace extinguisher plates. Now that by regulation these fireplace extinguishers have been lowered to the bottom and the plates eliminated, the mark of the previous paint may be seen. The skilled additionally explains that the corporate invoiced 90 meters of paint for a room that measures solely 66.8 sq. meters, 90 meters for an additional room that solely measures half that measurement, and 390 sq. meters of widespread areas when it solely painted 251. But the worst of Everything is that on this case, they did not even get to color. “An actual evaluation of the work carried out on the discretion of this technician is issued. This evaluation is zero, nothing was carried out on this barracks anymore”. At this particular level, the invoiced quantity was 3,920 euros.

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Thus, systematic errors in measurements are repeated, for instance, within the Madrigal de las Altas Torres, Avila, Hoyo de Pinares, Pedro Bernardo or Muñogalindo barracks, all the time in favor of the contractor. But additionally it is that “not one of the billed rooms had been painted”, based on the report. The fee was 3,955 euros though “actually” solely 13% was allegedly executed. The firm that collected the cash, Angrasurcor SL, was the identical as within the earlier case. Nor had been the “invoiced rooms” painted in San Pedro del Arroyo, the place the measurements had been additionally virtually double the true ones and the work was restricted to some widespread areas. Only 25% of every part billed, within the opinion of the skilled appointed by the courtroom.

In La Adrada, 90 sq. meters of paint had been paid for in a room that measured 30 based on the skilled. In one of many places of work in Ávila, the outcome was comparable (virtually 4,000 euros collected and never a single job executed) and in Crespo, as well as Of all of the above, the doorway door was not repaired “nor was any anti-leak remedy executed.” Even so, fee of the bill was licensed. It is sufficient to see the next picture to know that anybody with out technical data would notice that it had not been mounted.

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