Posted Mar 23, 2018, 9:54 PM
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From today's Courier:
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Contractual rift, lawsuit leads to trade centre tower cranes falling silent in Richmond
International Trade Centre's concrete firm accuses main contractor of failing to pay, while the latter files a defamation lawsuit
Alan Campbell / Vancouver Courier
March 22, 2018 06:00 PM
Work on constructing the $80 million International Trade Centre in north Richmond has been halted amid a fiery financial wrangle and a defamation lawsuit between the project’s two main contractors.
More than two weeks ago, the two tower cranes above the massive project near Bridgeport and No. 3 roads fell silent and haven’t moved since.
At the root of the controversy lies a major fall-out between the principal contractor, Scott Construction, and the forming company it hired last year to build the concrete structure for the 14-storey luxury hotel part of the project, which includes an already-built 12-storey office tower.
By March 7, only seven of the 14 floors were completed when the "forming" company walked out on the job, claiming it hadn’t been paid by Scott since Dec. 31 last year.
Just a day later, on March 8, Scott, according to a defamation lawsuit filed this week in B.C. Supreme Court, terminated the contract with the forming company.
The forming company, which claims it's owed hundreds of thousands of dollars, since filed a “Claim of Builders Lien” (CBL) with the Land and Titles Office, effectively hindering the financing of the project.
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Seven other similar builders’ liens for monies outstanding have been placed on the property this week, all from sub-contractors of the forming company.
However, Tom Russell, of Richmond-based PLLR Lawyers, on behalf of the project owner and Scott, claimed the issue lies with the forming company not paying its own sub-contractors, one of whom took out a lien on the property.
“It got a little hairy between (Scott and the forming company). We have now filed a lawsuit on behalf of Scott, alleging defamation and asking for an injunction to stop the verbal assaults on Scott’s name,” Russell told the Richmond News.
“Other work on the site is continuing and Scott is making arrangements to hire a new forming contractor. We have one, it’s just a case of working out the details.”
Russell said Scott was unable to release payments for January and February because of the lien placed by one of the forming company’s sub-contractors for work carried out last year.
He added that all the subsequent liens that have been placed were done so by the forming contractor and its sub-contractors, who “should have been paid by (the forming contractor).”
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