Pipeline builder's contract canceled.Byline: Winston Ross The Register-Guard COQUILLE co·quille n. A scallop-shaped dish or a scallop shell in which various seafood dishes are browned and served. [French, from Latin conch - The Coos County Coos County is the name of two counties in the United States:
That means the county will have to find another contractor to finish the 60-mile, taxpayer-funded project. It also means more delays. The project was supposed to be completed by January. MasTec Inc. stopped working in December. "Coos County has urged MasTec to comply with its contractual commitments," wrote Portland attorney Jay Waldron in a letter dated Tuesday to the company. "MasTec refuses to do so." The county and company are in a dispute about payments for pipeline work. MasTec filed a $10 million lawsuit lawsuit: see procedure; tort. against the county in February. Reached late Wednesday, MasTec attorney Michael Nearing said he was puzzled puz·zle v. puz·zled, puz·zling, puz·zles v.tr. 1. To baffle or confuse mentally by presenting or being a difficult problem or matter. 2. at the county's announcement. "They terminated the agreement when they stopped paying us," Nearing said. "I'm not entirely sure what the county is trying to accomplish in this." County officials met with Nearing last week to discuss a possible settlement. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Waldron's letter, the company requested nearly $32 million to complete the project, Waldron wrote. MasTec promised last year to do the job for $23 million, but has since submitted $4.2 million in change orders and $4.2 million in additional costs. "Coos County rejected MasTec's demand, asked MasTec to go back to work and MasTec refused," Waldron wrote. The letter also notified MasTec of other problems, including several lawsuits filed against the county and the company by environmentalists and angry landowners. The county also asked MasTec to protect it from actions by federal and state agencies that are investigating multiple violations of water quality regulations and labor laws labor law, legislation dealing with human beings in their capacity as workers or wage earners. The Industrial Revolution, by introducing the machine and factory production, greatly expanded the class of workers dependent on wages as their source of income. . The county also claims the company worked on part of the project without getting approval from the county, failed to pay two subcontractors and failed to comply with road permits. County officials refused further comment. Nearing responded that the various lawsuits are a result of the county's inability to obtain proper permits for the job, and that subcontractors stopped getting paid when MasTec stopped getting paid. He said the change orders submitted are partly a result of work the county asked for that was outside the scope of the contract or that was unanticipated in the contract. The news was welcome to Brent Foster Brent Foster (born May 23, 1967) is an athlete from New Zealand. He has competed in and represented New Zealand in swimming, surf lifesaving, triathlon and Ironman competitions. , an attorney for the Sierra Club Sierra Club, national organization in the United States dedicated to the preservation and expansion of the world's parks, wildlife, and wilderness areas. Founded (1892) in California by a group led by the Scottish-American conservationist John Muir, the Sierra Club , one of the plaintiffs in a lawsuit against the company and the county. "It's about time It's About Time may refer to:
"Hopefully a new contractor with a better record, more experience will be able to clean up MasTec's mess and finish the project." |
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