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Residents of the house at Šiaulių St. 8, which collapsed in Vilnius three years ago, can already plan to celebrate Christmas 2010 in their new home.
Residents of the house at Šiaulių St. 8, which collapsed in Vilnius three years ago, can already plan to celebrate Christmas 2010 in their new home: A contract for house reconstruction work has been signed.
The contract for the construction works is the last legal document allowing the actual reconstruction of the building to begin. The contract was approved by all interested parties: the developer of the project “Mikalojaus žiedas” “Sektor”, the former general contractor “Constructus”, the insurance company “If” and the affected residents of the house. “Constructus”‘s obligations for the reconstruction of the house were assumed by its main shareholder – “Panevėžio keliai”.
“Last week, the last important signature in this agreement was made by the leaders of the Vilnius City Municipality. We hope that further good-natured cooperation will further accelerate the reconstruction work. I have no doubt that the selected contractor will complete the work on time and with high quality,” said Eugenijus Rečiūnas, Development Director of AB Panevėžio Keliai.
The general contractor – UAB “Eikos statyba” – was selected through a tender. It is planned to prepare a work project within a month and start actual reconstruction work in April. The duration of the work stipulated in the contract is 9 months. “We hope that we will be satisfied with the work of “Eikos statyba”. We choose taking into account the reputation of the contractor, the quality of the work and the price. We are looking forward to the moment when we will be able to enjoy our home again”, – said Aušra Pakėnienė, a representative of the house residents.
“We actively participated in the process, aiming to solve a problem that concerns the residents of the entire block. We made efforts to make Šiaulių Street a pleasant place to live again, and this unpleasant history forgotten,” said Robertas Liudvinavičius, the head of the “Sektor” project.
“As a company that insured the civil liability of the construction contractor, we have already compensated for the losses due to the loss of the residents’ movable property, and now we are ready to pay for the construction work. I am glad that the process is proceeding as planned, with the parties signing a peace agreement,” says Audrius Smaliukas, head of the claims center of the insurance company “If”.
As already announced, at the end of 2009, through the efforts of all interested parties, an agreement was reached to rebuild the house at Šiaulių g. 8 in Vilnius Old Town, which collapsed on January 25, 2007, and to compensate the residents for the damage suffered. On the basis of the peace agreements, monetary compensation began to be paid to residents in 2009.
Even before the peace treaties were signed, a technical project for the reconstruction of the collapsed part of the house was prepared, the foundations were laid, the defects of each apartment were recorded, the costs of their removal and repair were assessed and agreed with the residents, and estimates of the necessary work were drawn up. The list of works also includes the arrangement of common areas – staircases, repair of the roof and facades of the house. The total amount of the reconstruction of the house and compensation amounts to 3 million LTL.