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Ham Ave. contractor sues town
The general contractor in the delay-mired Hamilton Avenue School reconstruction has sued the town for nearly $6 million for damages and losses incurred, it...
....Worth claims the building committee repeatedly failed to coordinate its oversight efforts with the architect, project manager and others whenever the need to make building modifications, known as "change orders," arose, causing numerous delays and cost overruns.....
....Closed in 2005 because of long-standing mold and structural problems, the old school was supposed to have been rebuilt within 18 months. Instead, the project took more than three years to complete, causing overall costs to swell by $2.2 million.....
....The imbroglio sparked a level of frustration among parents rarely seen before in Greenwich, as students were forced to attend class in a temporary modular building, which also had mold problems.....
.....In its suit, Worth claims the building committee, responsible for ensuring the project remained on schedule and within budget, was largely to blame for the setbacks.....
.....Frank Mazza, who chaired the school's building committee, declined to comment....
....Board of Education chairwoman Nancy Weissler declined to comment.....
Ham Ave. contractor sues town
The general contractor in the delay-mired Hamilton Avenue School reconstruction has sued the town for nearly $6 million for damages and losses incurred, it...
....Worth claims the building committee repeatedly failed to coordinate its oversight efforts with the architect, project manager and others whenever the need to make building modifications, known as "change orders," arose, causing numerous delays and cost overruns.....
....Closed in 2005 because of long-standing mold and structural problems, the old school was supposed to have been rebuilt within 18 months. Instead, the project took more than three years to complete, causing overall costs to swell by $2.2 million.....
....The imbroglio sparked a level of frustration among parents rarely seen before in Greenwich, as students were forced to attend class in a temporary modular building, which also had mold problems.....
.....In its suit, Worth claims the building committee, responsible for ensuring the project remained on schedule and within budget, was largely to blame for the setbacks.....
.....Frank Mazza, who chaired the school's building committee, declined to comment....
....Board of Education chairwoman Nancy Weissler declined to comment.....
Comment:
Do you remember all of those articles that Greenwich Time Cub Reporter Colin "BOE Brown Nose" Gustafson wrote about how Frank Mazza was doing an excelent job at Glenville School and that he was so far ahead of scheadule that the school might open by March of 2009.
In fact, the Colin "BOE Brown Nose" Gustafson's articles were speculating that Mazza's Glenville School project could open before Hamilton Avenue School.
Well in a few weeks Glenville parents are once again bussing their little children to the cramped old Hamilton Avenue School modulars as they wait for Frank Mazza to finish screwing up their school.
"Worth Construction, based in Bethel, Connecticut, has built roads, schools, sewage treatment plants, hospitals, corporate offices, even police headquarters and courthouses.
Last year, according to New York Construction, Worth's revenues totaled $186 million.
Worth Construction was also the contractor who just finished the new Greenwich Police Station (opening next week) and it was brought in on budget and ahead of schedule.
The difference between the Hamilton Avenue School project and the new Police Station is that Frank Mazza was not involved.
The good news is that contracted Republican Town attorney John Wayne Fox, his law firm and his legal buddies are going to once again make a small fortune off the taxpayers as they litigate and appeal this case to death.
Ka Ching .... Ka Ching .... Ka Ching .....
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