The boss responsible for building the Heritage Wharf cruise ship pier says people should be congratulating him as Bermuda’s “most exposed building” still looks like it did when it was built.Dennis Correia has hit back at “the naysayers” saying they should be praising him for what he calls an “unscathed” structure.Mr Correia of Correia Construction has today spoken out in defence of the cruise ship pier at Dockyard saying it was “built to plan.” It cost taxpayers almost $60 million, compared to the $39 million contract price.His comments come after Government released a summary of an engineering report investigating the cause of pier damage caused by category one Hurricane Igor a year ago.The report found that the damage to the thruster wall built at a cost of $4.1 million to shield the coastline from the thrust generated by cruise ship propellers posed no danger to cruise ships and would not disrupt schedules this year or in 2012.But limited details have been released to the public and Government has come under fire for failing to disclose the cost of the damage and who will pay for it.Mr Correia said: “The thruster wall was built solely to stop silt being stirred up by the ships’ thrusters while berthing and disembarking, it was built to plan.“Unfortunately a small portion did not take it well, even though it is still performing as designed even in its slightly damaged state, it does not effect nor is connected to the main dock.“I will accept praise for the fact that the building and main dock saw blue water over the dock and hit the building and yet it is unscathed, maybe the naysayers could congratulate us on a building that is the most exposed building but still looks like it did the day it was built.”Mr Correia added that the cost of the pier was $52 million, plus a further $8 million for extra security and changes in building design “to bring Bermuda to the highest level of cruise ship security.”The One Bermuda Alliance has also expressed its concerns that the long-awaited report leaves the public with questions as too much information has been withheld.Shadow Transport and Tourism Minister Pat Gordon-Pamplin said the public deserved to be informed about the extent of the damage, the cost of repair work and whether there was a bond from the builders covering any faulty work.She said: “The report released hardly satisfies the basic information that ought to be given to the public, let alone the Government’s specific promise to do so.“An exercise to inform the public has become an exercise to withhold information.“It must be remembered that Heritage Wharf came in at almost twice the price, and was defended by the Government as being the result of excellent work by the ‘expert’ contractor, Correia Construction.“Less than two years after its completion, the dock is falling apart, as implied in the Government’s one-page statement.”The Ministry of Public Works ordered the assessment of structural damage at the pier by bringing in an independent marine engineering firm.Damage to the thruster wall and a warp in a catwalk used by cruise ship passengers was highlighted in a front-page story in The Royal Gazette two months ago.Ms Gordon-Pamplin has also questioned the strength of the pier “if one hurricane undermined the soundness of the structure.” She also accused the contractor of having no prior experience of building cruise ship piers.Ms Gordon-Pamplin said: “We can understand the Government not wanting to release the costs relating to remediation.“They are likely to be severe and reflect badly on its management of the project. But this is a public project, involving public money and the public has a right to know what they are on the hook for.“The Government must have estimates. If the initial reports determined the extent of the damage, certainly they would have considered the costs to putting it right. The Government is putting protection of its own skin ahead of the public’s right to know.”Ms Gordon-Pamplin called on Government to release the entire report so people can determine how well their money was spent. She added: “The public is smart. Don’t treat them like mushrooms.”Transport Minister Terry Lister did not respond to a series of questions e-mailed to him. This included why the initial findings did not include a cost of the damage or any reference to the catwalk damage.