THE Privy Council has dismissed an appeal by mega contractor NH International (Caribbean) Ltd against a subcontractor, ruling that Gordon Winter Company Ltd is entitled to payment for piling work at the Ministry of Education building site, dating back to 2006.

The dispute arose when Gordon Winter, hired to complete piling for the ten-story building, halted work in June 2006 after nonpayment.

The piling work proved more difficult than foreseen because of the soil conditions at the site, and specifications for the job had to be varied from those initially agreed upon. The sub-contractor was paid for some of its piling work, but was not paid anything after April 2006.