The ongoing construction saga at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport hit an unpleasant, unannounced milestone with a New Year’s Eve notice to a major contractor that it owes Broward County more than $34 million in damages for costly delays.
The county’s stunning claim is contained in a three-page letter sent to the offices of Tutor Perini Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood Venture (TPFLHV) by the county’s construction project manager, Parsons Transportation Group.
The joint venture between California-based Tutor Perini Corp. and Ohio-based Baker Concrete Construction Contractors is the county’s prime consultant for the tunnel structures that carry the airport’s expanded runway and parallel taxiway over U.S. 1, the Florida East Coast railroad tracks and East Perimeter Road. The venture also was responsible for other related construction including the new southbound airport exit ramp to U.S. 1.
By Dan Christensen, FloridaBulldog.org, Special to SouthFloridaReporter.com, Jan. 12, 2016
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