Rutgers Stadium contractor fired from public school jobs

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Rutgers Stadium contractor fired from public school jobs

April 28, 2008

Newsday - Long Island,NY*

http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newjersey/ny-bc-nj--

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TRENTON, N.J. - The contractor overseeing the expansion of the

Rutgers University football stadium has been fired from 22 public

school projects in New Jersey.

After a yearlong delay at a Neptune elementary school, the Schools

Development Authority says it terminated all contracts with the

Gilbane Building Company.

The Authority is suing the contractor for $13 million to recover the

cost of mold removal from the 700-student Midtown Community

Elementary School. The brick facade of the Neptune school had to be

torn down and rebuilt after mold was found in exterior walls.

After disagreements came up in mediation, the state agency fired

Gilbane from 22 building projects in the Neptune, Barnegat, Vineland

and Asbury Park school districts.