URBAN development minister Sophia Shaningwa has condemned 43 houses built under the mass housing programme at Swakopmund. The prefabricated houses built by the Delta Group, which Shaningwa said were...

URBAN development minister Sophia Shaningwa has condemned 43 houses

built under the mass housing programme at Swakopmund. The prefabricated houses built by the Delta Group, which Shaningwa said were "humanly uninhabitable", have been demolished. The demolition work started at the beginning of this month. Shaningwa told The Namibian on Friday that officials from the housing directorate inspected the houses north of Swakopmund's DRC informal settlement, and found the completed units to be unfit for human habitation. She stressed that the units were poorly constructed, hence were condemned. "We did not wish to put at risk or sacrifice the lives of the beneficiaries. It was therefore recommended that the houses shuld be demolished and replaced with proper structures," she said. Shaningwa added that since Delta could not complete the job, another company had taken over the project, and would build 133 brick houses instead of the prefabricated units. There was still N$30 million available for the project. Although the tender was for the construction of 400 houses, Delta could not complete the task when its finances ran out. Delta Group won a tender to build 400 houses, but the number was later reduced to the 43 that are being demolished. Some of the workers told. The Namibian on Friday that they were now working for a Chinese company, while the new contractor, who identified himself just as Charles, said his company will build over 100 houses." These are of poor quality. We will build over 100 brick houses, starting now," Charles said, adding that government had given him the contract. That would mean one Core 5 unit would cost about N$226 000. These units would have to be completed within 15 months. Charles, who said his company is called Afrina, told The Namibian that he did not know much about Delta Group. One of the Delta Group's partners, Gawie Rousseau, however, said: "Delta is still going on."Rousseau referred all questions to the urban development ministry. The company's managing director Koos Gouws,' number is no longer reachable. Delta was in trouble last year when it failed to pay workers and subcontractors claiming that government owed it approximately N$2 million.Based on the case above discuss the followings:a)   The key Project Management concept that could have been implemented to by the project manager to avoid the outcome of this Project.b)   How the tools and techniques of Project Quality Management could have been used for the success of this Project.c)    How the concept of Conformance and Non-Conformance can be applied to this Project.