A $300-million veterans hospital project in Orlando that has been dubbed a "multimillion-dollar debacle" for cost and schedule overruns faces the potential for further delay after Birmingham, Ala.-based Brasfield & Gorrie received its second threat of contract termination in January.
The U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs (VA) would not make the second Notice to Cure publicly available, as it did for the first notice issued last June. But spokeswoman Josephine Schuda indicated the same issues were still plaguing the project, namely Brasfield & Gorrie's "failure to diligently pursue work, have sufficient workforce on-site to meet the extended contract completion date of summer 2013 and deficiency in the quality of work."