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David A. Burch

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12 Jul 2024 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, I rise to remind us all that the Tynes Bay Waste -to-Energy Facility r emains at a critical point and that the Ministry of Public Works continues its efforts to address the cur-rent state of affairs. Mr. Speaker, you will recall back in December 2021 the Island was facing a crisis with waste disposal. The full shutdown of …
12 Jul 2024 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker , honourable colleagues may recall that in the aforementioned Statement I announced that there was a catastrophic failure of one of the two overhead refuse cranes , which happened in April 2022. During normal operation of the crane, the entire hoist and access platform collapsed as the support welds failed due to excessive fatigue. It was decided by …
12 Jul 2024 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker , another project identified as a priority was the refurbishment of the facility ’s distribution transformers . As such, an open request for proposals (RFP s) was issued in March 2023 to seek qualified contractors that can complete the work. After a successful procurement process, the contract was awarded to another local firm— BAC Universal Electric Ltd.—the lowest …
12 Jul 2024 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker , not to get too technical for this project, as I am not an engineer, but the Tynes Bay plant utili ses two steam turbines coupled with a generator to transform the energy released from the burning of refuse in the incinerator into electrical energy. This electrical energy supplies both the plant itself and a reverse osmosis plant …
12 Jul 2024 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker , another priority project is the replacement of two travelling band screens at the facility ’s Sea Water Screening Plant. These band screens (which are over 30 years old) remove debris from seawater before it is pumped to the cooling system for the turbine. Failing to remove debris can lead to damage of the pumps, valves or pipework …
12 Jul 2024 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker , this Government is committed to our local companies, and this is demonstrated by seeking qualified contractors for works that are not extremely specialised in nature. Of the four projects I have mentioned, two are being performed by local companies who we have the upmost confidence can deliver. Other Ongoing Projects at Tynes Bay
12 Jul 2024 House of Assembly
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But, Mr. Speaker , these are not the only projects happening simultaneously re-garding Tynes Bay. As I have said before, the f acility is integral to the management of the waste that the Island produces. Without [the facility] , we would be landfilling all of our waste —contrary to best practice and the wishes of the Bermudian people. We have …
12 Jul 2024 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, good morning. Mr. Speaker, I would like to be associated with the condolences for those whom we lost this week. I do not think I know any of the people who have been named. But like many in this country, it causes you to pause and reflect and try and figure out what it is that a Government …
12 Jul 2024 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, good morning.
12 Jul 2024 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, I move that the Bill entitled the West End Development Corpo-ration Amendment Act 2024 be now read a second time.
12 Jul 2024 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, I introduce the Bill entitled the West End Development Corporation Amendment Act 2024. This Bill seeks to provide for the transfer of the assets, liabilities and functions of the Bermuda Land Development Company, Ltd. [BLDC], to the West End Development Corporation [WEDCO]; to amend the West End Development Corporation Act 1982 in consequence of the transfer including, by …
12 Jul 2024 House of Assembly
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I can pause wherever you like, Mr. Speaker. Bermuda House of Assembly The Speaker: Okay. Well, we can pause now then if that is the case. [Laughter]
12 Jul 2024 House of Assembly
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Shall I move that we adjourn for lunch and return at two?
12 Jul 2024 House of Assembly
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I did.
12 Jul 2024 House of Assembly
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Yes, I did. But I am going to go back two sentences.
12 Jul 2024 House of Assembly
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At the beginning of the paragraph—
12 Jul 2024 House of Assembly
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—so that the full context is appreciated. BILL SECOND READING WEST END DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AMENDMENT ACT 2024 [Continuation thereof]
12 Jul 2024 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, most importantly and as I have said before, there will be no job losses resulting from this merger. Pre- merger and operating independently, WEDCO had a staff comple-ment of 37 people and BLDC 28. Today as we move to combine the two entities, we will have a total complement of 56 people [which is] a reduction of nine …
12 Jul 2024 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker . I will take advantage of the opportunity to comment on some of the comments made by colleagues, all of whom are supportive of this effort. In the case of the departures from BLDC primarily, I think of the nine departures . . . well, you have had a confession today from one of them, MP …
12 Jul 2024 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I will move the clauses in two tranches. So, I will move that clauses 1 through 6 be approved.