a) Hitachi Power Africa - A sub-contractor of Hitachi manufactured certain high-pressure part equipment according to the incorrect welding procedures and fraudulently falsified that the documentation had been certified. It further fraudulently acquired TUV certification for the welding procedures. The matter has been handed over to the law enforcement agencies. Hitachi and Eskom were working together to replace the incorrect welding and validate the qualified welding procedures. b) Alstom - Medupi will be controlled by a Distributed Control System which has undergone Factory Assistance Tests, and Alstom as the contractor has failed the Factory Assistance Tests 3 times. Alstom has also brought in additional experienced partners to rectify the problem, and Eskom has assisted Alstom with a team of Engineers in France to ensure that the tests succeeded. c) Atcom Divisional - for them to be successful they need access to information from the other contactors and physical access to certain areas where the cables need to be laid. Atcom needs to install approximately 40 kilometres of cables. d) Generally all the contractors complained about the following issues: . violent and destructive protests by employees, and the work stoppages that affect productivity and cause the delays to the project; . Financial losses due to the delays and mistakes that have been committed; . Poor relationship with organised labour; and that . Hitachi and Alstom systems need to be completed before Atcom can commence with the cabling.