The cities of Binghamton and Johnson City, N.Y., and their Joint Sewer Board have filed a $20-million suit against 12 companies, charging them with professional negligence and malpractice after a 100-ft wall collapsed in May.
The suit, filed July 22 in Broome County Supreme Court, also cites breach of contract and seeks “repair and replacement of various design and construction errors at the Binghamton-Johnson City Joint Sewage Treatment Plant, including, but not limited to, replacement of collapsed exterior walls, defects in design and construction of the Phase III improvements, methanol and BAF systems, removal of debris, replacement of filtering materials” and other costs.