Any project is going to have some claims as part of it or disagreements between the owner and the contractor in terms of information available on how the work proceeds. This is like any other project where there were some changes required to the project, and we did move forward with some change orders. There were also some disputes that could have resulted in claims. The contractor had indicated that they were preparing claims related to delays in the project. Those types of things. We would dispute that. We in fact had our own damages claims against them because the project was late, and that would make us incur additional expenses, as we have outlined here before. A decision was made, as the Minister indicated, rather than spending years trying to fight those, resolve those in court, our best decision would be to actually focus on the project at hand, and try to get the project done. We entered into this agreement-in-principle with the contractor so that can get done and at the same time it will allow us to focus on the work going ahead, and not on all the claims in the past.
Russ Neudorf on Committee Motion To Extend Sitting Hours, Carried
In the Legislative Assembly on June 8th, 2012. See this statement in context.
Committee Motion To Extend Sitting Hours, Carried
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
June 7th, 2012
Russ Neudorf
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