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BLACKSBURG, Va. -- The contractor that oversaw the expansion of Lane Stadium has sued Virginia Tech, blaming the school and architects for delays that plagued the still-incomplete project.
Turner Construction Co. filed a $30.5 million lawsuit against Tech in Montgomery County Circuit Court, seeking additional money it claims it is owed.
Tech has paid Turner $40.2 million of the $42.6 million it owes for the expansion, said Larry Hincker, a spokesman for Tech.
Turner Construction Sports of Arlington, a division of Turner, is completing the Lane project more than a year after it was scheduled to be finished. In its lawsuit, Turner claims it had "massive" additional costs because of "massive design problems" it blames on Tech and Moseley Architects of Richmond.
ARCADIA -- Let's say a potential home buyer finds the perfect condominium overlooking Gulf of Mexico sunsets. It's a dream come true. The perfect place in paradise. It's priced at $1.3 million. Our potential buyer can only dream of affording it. Based on his means, he'll have to find another home, in another place. This housing is not affordable. His means will not support his desires. That in a nutshell is the problem for many in DeSoto County in the aftermath of Hurricane Charley. That Category 4 hurricane blew away much of the inexpensive housing in the county, sending residents into Federal Emergency Management Agency mobile homes or cramming them into existing homes with relatives or friends. And since that fateful Friday the 13th of August in 2004, the cost to buy, build or rent a dwelling here has stretched beyond the finances of thousands.
Backhoes are cleared to start digging at three sites across the WSU statewide system, including a new golf-course clubhouse in Pullman. Designed to seat 100 people with spillover onto a patio and a tented area, the $4-million clubhouse will sit at the base of the 18-hole golf course now under construction near the Student Recreation Center. Ken Alhadeff, chairman of the WSU Board of Regents, said that as a golfer, he thought the seating capacity was too little for the average 140-person golf tournament. If you had 150 capacity, you would be safe for a long time, he said. Nevertheless, Alhadeff and the Board of Regents approved the projects design at their meeting Friday in Spokane. With a pro shop, dining area and bar, the 7,200-square-foot clubhouse could double as a location for weddings, Jerry Schlatter, associate vice president of Capital Planning and Development, told WSUs highest governing body.
JACKSON - Gov. Haley Barbour has called a special legislative session for Thursday, a second try to get lawmakers to pass his proposed tax cut for modular housing, which Barbour said is crucial to rebuilding from Katrina. But the Republican governor, who has the constitutional power to call special sessions and set their agendas, is not going to allow lawmakers to consider a state-funded homeowner grant or loan program pushed by the House Democratic leadership. In a letter recently published by the Sun Herald, House Democratic leaders called for Barbour to allow them to consider such a state-funded homeowner program when he calls them back to deal with modular housing. Barbour has helped thwart House attempts to pass state-funded Katrina homeowner programs. He said a multibillion-dollar federal program he successfully lobbied Congress to pass, and the administration of which he is overseeing, should suffice.
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