And appearances to the contrary, that timeline is correct, Wes Pulver, president of the museum association overseeing the $150 million project, said Tuesday as he walked the site of the future 89,000-square-foot, six-story building. “We’ve had some delays, but I’m not stressed about it,” Pulver said walking past an excavator that minutes before was scraping mounds of stone from property between Union Station and the Thames River. “It’s our obligation to not cut corners.” That anticipated framing, expected to last for several months, was delayed after prep work that began earlier this year found a host of underground issues that didn’t show up on easement maps and other survey documents. Those issues included utility pipes, sewage lines and electrical components that needed shifting, and the decision to install underground “vaults” at various locations to allow for safer cable and pipe access. Pulver said project construction manager, the North Stonington-based AZ Corp, worked with city officials and representatives of Eversource, Amtrak, Cross Sound Ferry and other stakeholders to identify work-arounds.
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