Precious metal removal leaves demolition company out-of-pocket.
Pittsburgh Demolition Inc. is suing the Susquehanna Area Regional Airport Authority over its contract to tear down and salvage scrap at Crawford Station, a former power plant on Harrisburg International Airport property, according to a lawsuit filed March 30 filed in Dauphin County Court of Common Pleas.
The company is asking for a judgment against SARAA for $50,000 plus interest, legal fees and other costs, according to the lawsuit.
The authority, which operates HIA in Lower Swatara Township, gave the Allegheny County-based company a contract in November 2008 to demolish the power plant, according to SARAA.
Because of the $1.17 million estimated value of scrap materials in the building, Pittsburgh Demolition proposed paying the authority $287,000 for the project, according to the lawsuit.
The company alleges SARAA either knew and didn’t disclose, or should have known, that precious metals in Crawford’s turbo generators and condensers had been removed, according to the suit. That changed the amount Pittsburgh Demolition would have bid on the project, the suit claims.
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