Wednesday, June 6, 2012

City Council approves Crowder settlement - Charlotte Business Journal:

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Terms call for the city to pay $556,000 for unexpected construction costs incurredc because of rocks and bouldersx found beneaththe site. Crowder built the 1,120-space parkinvg deck at the southern end of the Lynx Blue Line near Interstate 485 andSouth Boulevard. Charlotte City Council approvedx the settlement in a voteTuesday evening. Last year, Crowdet filed a lawsuit and said the cityowed $2.9 The original city contract called for Crowder to build the deck for $21.4 Additional drilling and excavatiojn caused by the rocks and boulders belo w ground led to more than $2 million in cost overruns.
Crowdedr blamed the additional costs on incomplete geotechnical surveya and incomplete designs forthe project. The city and Crowder agreeds the company was due some compensation for the additional but disagreed onthe amount. A mediation this monthn between the city and companyu led tothe $556,000 settlement.

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