A Lincoln building company, NEB, will sue Woodbury County, Iowa, and companies involved in the design and construction of the center of the Woodbury Law of $ 70 million in the city of Sioux, Iowa, claiming that it is owed $ 5.7 million to work on the project that was delayed 17 months because of problems that the contractor says that they were not his guilt and has suffered damage to the With the advertising of the county-inhi Initienia.
Hausmann Construction, the general contractor, filed a lawsuit on July 28 in the North -American District District, Iowa Northern District, against the county, the Woodbury County Lady Center Center Authority, who oversaw the project, Goldberg Group Architects (GGA), the main architect, introba, Inc. Baker Group, Llc. of Ankeny, Iowa, who was responsible for the construction.
The 121,000 square meters project includes a regional prison with 448 beds, additional beds for special needs and psychiatric housing, a Xerife department, five courts and prosecutors for criminal divisions.
Bid $ 58.39 million in the project, Hausmann was elected in June 2021 to Build the Center of application of the law. On March 27, 2023, a substantial completion date was established. The project was substantially completed in August 2024 and the inmates were transferred to the building in December 2024. However, a certificate of completion has not yet been issued.
Demand states that some of the problems that cause delays involved foootes and foundation walls and errors in the air conditioning system, which Hausmann attributes to errors and omissions in design.
“The delays in the project are multifaceted and Stem, in large part, of GGA and introba and its insufficient review process on completed work, their failure to coordinate the plans and their inappropriate designs, along with climate -related events,” says the demand.
In a letter issued on July 3 on its website and that Hausmann claims that it should have been confidential, the authority claims millions in alleged damage linked to construction delays and deficiencies. It lists problems that include a defect in the receipt that required a replacement receipt, which was inappropriately poured concrete stem walls that translate into walls that were not straight and plumes, the fall of a prefabricated concrete wall that damaged seven other wall panels and some feet and structural steel, GGA /introba the behavior of LEC at 313 With the test and balance of the mechanical system, which he attributed to GGA and unmoved.
The letter states that Hausmann did not meet the final term of October 15 to complete a fist list of the remaining items and that the project has not yet been completed.
Hausmann states that the release of the letter’s authority and the other statements he made in the media “have created detrimental articles on Hausmann based on false and not -founded complaints” on the letter.
The demand also claims a “welcoming” relationship between authority, GGA, introba and the Baker group, which says it shows a “clear conflict of interest.” He claims that Baker Group has a patent used by Pauly Jail Building Co., who was the only subcontractor who offered the manufacture and installation of individual prison cells and that Baker Group receives certain patent license remuneration and that Pauly’s prison is GGA’s subcontractor, which the Baker Group group contracted the son of a member The authority to supervise and manage the construction of the project and that the Baker authority and group of the Baker group.
“ Given the welcoming relationship between the authority, GGA, introba and Baker Group, it has been easier for the authority to blame Hausmann of delays and to refuse to pay for Hausmann for its completion of the project and its construction of the LEC not to impact, interfere or jeopardize the continuous relationships that the defendants have enjoyed and are likely to continue to enjoy, as they were to continue. ”
By responding to a joint statement, the county and authority say that they will strongly defend the demand, including with the claims of appropriate counts against Hausmann.
“That said, our desire is and continues to try to resolve the dispute without litigation in order to save all parties and taxpayers the cost and expense of prolonged litigation,” he says.
“From the beginning, we have tried to solve this friendly, in the right field and with the right people at the table,” said Chad Wiles, President of Hausmann Construction in a statement.
He added that “we are simply seeking payment for directed and completed work, some of this more than two years ago, and it is time to progress, not only for us, but for our subcontractors who have also been waiting and trying to continue their businesses.”
Hausmann is being sought by $ 150,000 by a job subcontractor, Lieber Construction of North Sioux South Dakota, who says that it is due to work and classification services.
“We believed that presenting the demand was the next step to advance things and we continue to have productive conversations for resolution,” Wiles said about demand with the county.
Baker Group, Goldberg Group Architects and introba did not immediately respond to comments applications.
