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March 2, 2012
Arena contractor Hunt Construction confident about arena enclosure, but still looking for new fabricators
Atlantic Yards Report
Engineering News-Record reports, in a 3/5/12 article headlined Arena Subcontractor's 'Untimely' Default Delays Winter Enclosure:
The default and temporary shutdown just before New Year's Day of ASI Ltd., a principal subcontractor on the $825-million Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y., has delayed completion of the arena's enclosure and forced extra effort by the project's prime contractor, Hunt Construction Group, to keep on track for scheduled completion later this year.
Forest City Ratner's Bob Sanna has previously acknowledged delays caused by the temporary closure of ASI Limited. On 1/26/12, he said, "It’s not quite back on schedule yet, but we are about to turn the corner and have that work in place.”
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Engineering News-Record, Arena Subcontractor's 'Untimely' Default Delays Winter Enclosure
"Hunt has asked and Ohio Farmers/ASI has reached out to three separate additional fabricators to determine if these shops have the technical means and available time to assist in fabrication," [Hunt Construction project executive Mark ]Gladden says.
The sequencing remains the same, says Gladden. The enclosure will be completed later than scheduled. Rather than stalling work until the walls have been installed, additional temporary enclosures, required to protect some interior spaces, will be used, he says.
"Hunt remains confident that we will complete the project as scheduled," Gladden says.
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