SIGAR - 17-65-IP -

To protect the U.S. taxpayers’ investment in the MOI headquarters project, SIGAR recommends that the CSTC-A Commander and the USACE Commanding General and Chief of Engineers take the following actions and report the results back to SIGAR within 90 days: Obtain a refund from Yuksel Insaat for deficient workmanship or direct the contractor to correct the issues identified in this report involving noncompliance with the contract and poor workmanship, such as the use of substituted door closers and hardware, smaller than required wires for panel boards and receptacles, rigid instead of flexible electrical conduits and cable trays across seismic joints, lack of seismic bracing for suspended equipment in the electrical and mechanical rooms, poorly graded and compacted soil, and step risers that exceed specified height limits.