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February 11, 2012
New schedule issued for fabrication and installation of weathered steel exterior panels, but it's unclear how much it's delayed
Atlantic Yards Report
While Forest City Ratner official has acknowledged a delay, due to a temporary shutdown of the fabricator, in the delivery of pre-weathered steel panels for the Barclays Center exterior, you don't quite get that from the 2/6/12 Site Observation Report by Merritt & Harris, the real estate consultant to the arena PILOT Bond Trustee.
The report, excerpted at right, indicates that Merritt & Harris was told on 1/5/12 that ASI Limited, the Indiana firm "fabricating the curtain wall and pre-weathering the lattice panels," had shut down.
Because the insurer took possession of all inventory, equipment, and materials," the plant reopened on 1/7/12, with 80% of the workers.
However, the plant shutdown was actually around 12/22/11, according to a class-action lawsuit filed by workers who seek unpaid wages and benefits.
There's a new schedule, as indicated in the screenshot at right, which establishes 5/30/12 as the date for final assemblage of such panels, and 7/15/12 as the date for the final installation of such panels.
What was the old schedule? Unclear.
Posted by steve at February 11, 2012 5:51 PM