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against a Marco Island airport contrac- continually failed to satisfy these re-
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paused litigation after the county and sanitary utilities during construc- P
reached an agreement to begin negotia- tion, failing to maintain permits neces- resu
tions with West Construction Inc. and sary for the work, and “attempting to trol
its insurance company Philadelphia In- The new terminal at the Marco Island manipulate the schedule and the pro- volu
demnity, a letter from the contractor’s Executive Airport is shown March 1. ject’s critical path to obtain additional fect
law firm to Brodie states. ALEX DRIEHAUS/NAPLES DAILY NEWS time to achieve substantial completion T
The mediation is set to begin July 23, and, in turn, limit exposure to liquidat- Thu
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court Aug. 16, Brodie’s order shows. and Philadelphia Indemnity in March The lawsuit also alleges that West Sou
The Collier County Attorney’s Office, for the delayed completion of a $9.5 Construction and Philadelphia Indem- bloo
through county spokeswoman Connie million terminal building at the Marco nity have failed to pay liquidated dam- T
Deane, declined to comment about the Island Executive Airport. ages owed to the county. a m
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In a motion last month to put the law-
suit on hold, West Construction alleged
the county had not requested to negoti-
ate nor asked for mediation “in good
faith” to resolve disputes with the
Marco Island airport expands
The new terminal opened its doors to
the public on March 8 after almost two
years of delays.
The two-story, 16,000-square-foot
terminal was built to make the airport
compliant with Federal Aviation Ad-
drew Bennett, executive airport
manager with Collier County, said in
March.
Bennett said the terminal includes
features such as pilot and passenger
lounges, flight planning stations, rental
car concessions, airport administrative
offices and office space for flight schools
and other companies.
The first phase also included con-
struction of new parking spaces, land-
scaping, lighting and stormwater reten-
tion features.
Contact Omar at omar.rodriguezor-
tiz@naplesnews.com, and follow him
on Twitter as @Omar_fromPR. Support
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