Farglory Construction is to be fined NT$12.4 million (US$397,000) for violating various rules governing the construction of Taipei Dome (台北大巨蛋), the Taipei City Government said yesterday.
The city government said the company had failed to complete the construction within the contracted period and failed to obtain the permit to use the land on which the construction is being built as stipulated in clause 1 of article 7.1.1 of the contract.
The company had also failed to produce documentation of its professional construction insurance within the allotted time, the city government’s Department of Sports said.
The Department of Environmental Protection has put a freeze on Farglory’s attempts to initiate second-phase negotiations as of Feb. 17 and placed a NT$50,000 daily fine on the company up to a maximum of NT$3 million for the company’s lapse in conforming to regulations, despite being warned twice by the city government, officials said.
To date, the company has been fined NT$2.9 million over 58 days, but the company has asked for arbitration over the matter and the city government is awaiting the Taipei District Court’s response, the department said.
The company was also accused of violating the Environmental Impact Assessment Act (環境影響評估法) and other environment-related regulations.
It is being fined NT$900,000 for not specifying details about soil properties at the site and has already paid NT$4.65 million in fines for not providing insurance details on time, the Department of Environmental Protection said.
The department has fined Farglory NT$4.67 million, including N$3.1 million for six violations of the act since construction of the Taipei Dome began and an additional NT$1.57 million for 82 infractions of regulations on air and water pollution as well as waste disposal.
Apart from the NT$1.5 million fine announced on March 31, the company has paid all other fines, the department said.
The company owes the city government’s Construction Management Office NT$81,000 for violating regulations and has already paid the Public Works Department NT$180,000 for damaging a bombax ceiba tree during relocation.
Farglory is also involved in an ongoing case against the city government’s Department of Cultural Affairs, which has accused the company of violating item 1 of clause 2 of Article 94 of the Cultural Heritage Preservation Act (文化資產保護法), while the firm also faces criminal charges for allegedly damaging the former Songshan Tobacco Plant, a city-designated heritage site.
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