Insajder: State handed over load-bearing capacity testing of the Prokop platform, where the station and business complex were built, to a private investor
Six years after the contract was signed between the state and a private investor for the construction of the complex at Prokop, Insajder journalists, under the Law on Free Access to Information, obtained this document. The contract confirms what Insajder journalists have published in the past 10 days - that the state entrusted the testing of the load-bearing capacity of the platform on which the station and business complex were later built to a private investor. And that's not all, the document reveals what is controversial and leads to responsibility for the safety of the facility.
TL;DR
- The Serbian state entrusted a private investor with the crucial task of testing the load-bearing capacity of the platform for the Prokop station and business complex.
- The contract allows the private investor to solely decide on the satisfactory results of load-bearing tests, without being bound by professional standards.
- Cracks appeared in the structure 18 months after the complex opened, leading the state to plan the construction of 14 new support pillars.
- The contract, signed in 2020, was not accessible to the public for years.
- The state is now bearing the costs of repairs, despite the private investor's initial assessment of safety.