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3. The Contractor wrote to the National Electricity Company on 2
January 2013 to inform them that the Electrical Transformer Room
was complete and to request the National Electricity Company to
inspect and approve the Transformer Room before 11 January
2013 12 .
4. On 8 January 2013, a National Electricity Company representative
met with the Contractor and the Engineer's representative on site to
inspect the Transformer Room and to discuss coordination details
for the connection of the electricity supply to the transformers.
During the visit, the National Electricity Company representative
expressed concern that the Transformer Room did not appear to
meet the National Electricity Company's requirements, but that he
would need to verify this and inform the Contractor of his fi ndings.
The Site Progress Meeting minutes of 11 January 2013 recorded the
following in relation to this matter:

' NEC representative inspected
GF Transformer Room on 8/1/13 and informed that he was con-
cerned that it may not meet NEC specs. NEC rep to research and
inform JCG.' 13
5. On 14 January 2013 the National Electricity Company wrote to the
Contractor and pointed out the following:
a. The Electrical Transformer Room was of insuffi cient area.
b. The external louvred doors which provide access to the Electrical
Transformer Room were of the wrong dimensions 14 .
6. On 15 January 2013 Johnson Construction Group wrote to the
Dawson-Wilkinson Partnership enclosing the National Electricity
Company's comments and closed the letter with the following state-
ment: 'Obviously, these comments could have serious implications
for the installation of the transformers and the subsequent energis-
ing of the Project. We therefore request that you instruct us as to
how to proceed as soon as possible' . 15
7. The Contractor understands that several meetings were held
between the Engineer, the Employer's designer and the National
Electricity Company, during which the requirements of the National
Electricity Company were resolved and fi nalised. The Contractor
further understands that the problem occurred due to changes
in the electricity authority's requirements which were introduced
shortly after the design had been completed by the Employer's
designer.
8. On 4 February 2013, the Engineer issued revised drawings for the
area encompassing the Electrical Transformer Room and the adja-
cent Garbage Room and Maintenance Room with instructions to

12 Exhibit 10 - JCG letter reference P - 1013/Let - 1345/NEC, dated 02/01/13
13 Exhibit 11 - Extract from minutes of Site Progress Meeting No. 51, dated 11/01/13
14 Exhibit 12 - NEC letter reference 13/0978NC/3945, dated 14/01/13
15 Exhibit 13 - JCG letter reference P - 1013/Let - 1362, dated 15/01/13