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Brief of diving:
- A joint company of Turner Construction and Industrial Kokosing has sued the battery material manufacturer ascending to items for $ 138 million in alleged unpaid bills on their $ 1 billion plant project in Hopkinsville, Kentucky.
- The complaintPresented at the Christian County Circuit in Kentucky on February 14, he claims that since the last day, the JV did work on the campus known as Apex 1 in December, ascend has refused to pay his fees to the JV. Other project interest groups are appointed as codes in demand, many related to the guarantees of mechanics.
- The lawsuit claims that ascend violated its contractual obligations by enriching -unfairly and violating Kentucky’s equity in the construction law. It is a matter of fulfilling the dams that he has presented against the manufacturer, who has heard in front of a jury and pay for his work.
Divide vision:
It Apex 1 of 140 acres, $ 1 billion It would be the home of the first manufacturing facility of the electric vehicle battery cathode of the electric battery for the materials used in the production of EV batteries, according to Westborough, ascend, based on Massachusetts.
Kokosing, based on New York City, Kokosing based Selected for the project In December 2022, Toledo, Ssoe Group, with Ohio, was added for design work. The creation is partly funded by the Investment Law and Investment Jobs in infrastructure of $ 1.2 trillion and two U.S. Energy Department grants worth $ 480 million.
Chris McFadden, Vice President of Communications and Turner Marketing, said on behalf of the JV that contractors welcomed the evolving technology of Ascend and implemented several significant design reviews.
“The dedication of the team to ascending and the objectives and the mission of the project led us to continue working and incorporating millions of dollars of costs,” McFadden wrote in a statement.
Thomas Frey, principal director of marketing and communications of ascend elements, said that the company pledged to pay the JV, as long as the work is legitimate.
“We are ready to pay for all the authorized and legitimate works carried out, but we also commit to being responsible for public and private funds,” the company wrote in an email to the immersion of the construction. “As a result, we are reviewing all work done by Turner-Kokosing and its subcontractors.”
Ascend refused to comment -when asked what promoted the review of the work on creation.
The construction has been stopped since the end of 2024, Frey said, and ascend plans to restart work in the third quarter of 2025, with the operational site in the third quarter of 2026. He also said that the firm is studying other project contractors.
