The Connecticut State Pier in New London is already serving as a new launching point for offshore wind turbines, but two sections of the newly renovated port facility will need to be fixed due to flaws in parts of the $311 million construction project. Correcting those problems is expected to cost, at a minimum, several million dollars, Whitescarver told legislators, and the work might not be completed until 2027, due to the ongoing use of the pier as a staging ground for offshore wind projects. Officials with the Port Authority believe Kiewit, the construction manager on the project, should be responsible for fixing the mistakes, since the company oversaw the construction effort and won several bids to build large portions of the pier. But Whitescarver acknowledged that Kiewit, one of the largest construction firms in North America, is unlikely to accept that outcome willingly. Kiewit told The Connecticut Mirror on Thursday that it stood behind its work on the project, and the company said it was not to blame for the issues it encountered with construction.
New London State Pier construction fixes likely to cost millions