A prominent city-based architectural firm has agreed to pay nearly $600,000 to cover cost overruns ― ranging from site work to crew toilets ― at the new community center after its subcontractor failed to secure crucial state permits in the early stages of the project. The City Council on Monday approved a settlement that calls for Silver Petrucelli + Associates to pay $585,000 for “work not done by its subcontractor, Stadia Engineering Associates, Inc.” The permitting issues delayed the start of the project by six months, with crews finally breaking ground in July of 2023. Stadia Engineering, which operates from a Vauxhall Street office in New London, bills itself as a full-service survey and engineering consultant firm whose portfolio includes work at Mohegan Sun and Mystic Seaport. Change order documents from the Downes Construction Company, which is overseeing the entire construction project on the Fort Trumbull peninsula, list several instances of unplanned spending due to the failure of a Stadia engineer to obtain a state flood management certificate along with storm water and wastewater discharge permits.
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