Georgetown: The Bureau of Statistics’ new headquarters will be the former Customs House, Main Street, Georgetown, and today officials signed a contract for the building’s renovation.
Chief Statistician Lennox Benjamin and Aubrey Changlee, Managing and Technical Director of the contracted firm, Project Design and Construction Incorporated signed the contract at the Bureau’s current office on High Street, Kingston.
The contract totalling $118.9M is expected to be completed within six months and entails altercation and renovation of the Customs House to now facilitate the operations of the Bureau.
Benjamin noted that this was a provision made by government to have a permanent headquarter for the country’s central statistical office. He pointed out that the bureau has been established since 1987, but this is the first time it will have a permanent home.
Benjamin said he is confident that the works that are about to commence will be of the highest quality and will be completed in the expected timeline.
Meanwhile Changlee stated that they will be putting their best foot forward in completing the project, and doing quality work. Benjamin noted that the Bureau of Statistics will be lending material support in the supervision of the process.
The functions of the Bureau, which have since 1965 become systemised, are set out in section 4 (1) of the Bureau of Statistics Act No 25 of 1991 and the Statistical Bureau Act Cap 19.09.
It is responsible for conducting censuses, collecting, compiling, analysing and publishing socio-economic and other statistical data, coordinating with other government departments in compiling, analysing and publishing statistics derived from administrative records and organising a coordinated scheme of social and economic statistics for Guyana.
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