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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.
Summary: A mid-40s woman faces eviction from Punta Gorda's FEMA park on Oct. 31 after Hurricane Charley turned her life upside down. Ellie Cousino is a portrait of tortured pain. The 47-year-old mother of four grown boys now resides in Punta Gorda's Federal Emergency Management Agency's mobile home number 349, in the park off I-75 and Airport Road. She knows she has only 11 more days to find another place to live. Just thinking of it brings tears from heavily lined eyes. They spill down hollowed cheeks in salty trails. Her long, slender fingers trace patterns on her facial skin as she scrapes and rubs and shields herself with her hands. Her speech is halting, nervous. Ellie Cousino has so many problems. There is no trace in her neat mobile home of the woman who before Hurricane Charley was a fitness instructor with the Lady of America chain, a woman who with her boyfriend moved here and bought a houseboat, a woman who once was confident and filled with laughter.
Mississippi Gulf Coast residents can now save a few thousand dollars on quick-built houses under a tax break swiftly approved by lawmakers and Gov. Haley Barbour on Thursday. In a special session that lasted less than two hours, both the House and Senate agreed on legislation that trims sales tax on modular houses from 7 percent to 3 percent, hoping to boost reconstruction in south Mississippi. Barbour signed Senate Bill 2001 into law shortly after 4 p.m. when legislative staff rushed paperwork to his office. "Hallelujah!" said Mack Harper, an Ocean Springs resident who is helping his mother buy a modular home. "I was wondering if they ever would see eye to eye." His mother, Peggy, lost her Gulfport home in Hurricane Katrina's floodwaters last year. He expects to save $6,000 on the three-bedroom, two-bath house.
VALLEY COTTAGE - A fire at the Mountainview Condominiums that displaced more than 40 families has prompted an immediate and massive outpouring of help from the community. Neighbors in the development, residents throughout the county, several companies, organizations and local congregations have offered gifts of clothing, food and money to the displaced residents, said Peggy Freeman, treasurer for the condominium complex's board of managers. "The list goes on and on," she said. "The spirit of the community has been overwhelming." The Oct. 14 fire destroyed 12 homes and damaged 32 others on Sierra Vista Lane. It took more than 75 firefighters to put out the blaze, which also obliterated any indication of what caused it. Freeman said offers of help came immediately, with one stranger at the scene donating $40 to buy food for the residents.
MAHWAH, N.J., and MARTINSRIED/MUNICH, Germany, Oct. 23, 2006 (PRIMEZONE) -- ADVA Optical Networking today announced the deployment of its Fiber Service Platform (FSP) 3000RE Optical Add/Drop Multiplexer (OADM) by Home Telephone Company (HomeTel) of Berkeley County, South Carolina. In July 2006, ADVA acquired Movaz Networks and its RAYexpress(r) product line, which has been renamed the FSP 3000RE. .
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