Posted Nov 30, 2019, 9:45 PM
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West End & Riverside
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Join Date: Jun 2017
Location: UWS NYC, Dörfli Zürich
Posts: 508
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There's really not much info since the initial lawsuit in April, so let's hope Visionist's info is correct.
https://www.6sqft.com/lawsuit-says-6...aning-problem/
Quote:
The contractor, Pizzarotti, filed a suit in New York State Supreme Court that alleges that an off-kilter foundation affects the structural integrity, facade, waterproofing, and elevators at the 150,000-square-foot tower and that developer Fortis Property Group is responsible. Foundation work on the tower, known for being downtown’s first residential skyscraper directly fronting the East River, was completed before the developer hired Pizzarotti in late 2015. In 2018, RC Structures, the concrete subcontractor on the project, reported that “there are structural issues, unusual settlement up to three inches, and the building is leaning three inches to the north,” according to the suit. RCC had been hired to replace the previous concrete company, SSC High Rise Construction, after an SSC employee fell to his death from the 29th floor on October 2017.
According to Pizzarotti, Fortis had opted not to drive piles into the site’s soft riverfront ground before laying the foundation as a way to save money, using a “soil improvement” method instead. Last year, the company that was working on the building’s facade pointed out that the curtain wall frame on the 21st floor was leaning two inches past the 11th floor. According to the suit, the contractor hasn’t been able to install the curtain wall because Fortis has failed to design a new facade system that allows for the lean.
Pizzarotti claims the building will continue to settle unless the foundation problem is fixed, and is worried about panels breaking off and falling as well as elevator rails failing to remain vertical, waterproofing, corrosion and other issues that may result from the unstable structure. The company says Fortis was informed it would terminate the construction contract on March 1, and hopes to recover the cost of overruns that reach into the tens of millions and get an injunction that prevents construction from proceeding without a redesign.
According to a Fortis spokesman, “This lawsuit is patently false from start to finish and nothing more than simple defamation and a desperate attempt by a failing general contractor to divert attention from the fact it defaulted on yet another New York City project. As a number of prominent New York City developers have learned the hard way over the past few years, Pizzarotti is simply incapable of buying out, managing and completing a construction project within contractually promised timelines.”
The Fortis spokesman acknowledged that the structure “had an alignment issue,” that didn’t affect safety, but said the general contractor had, in fact, caused the leaning condition by not planning correctly to account for the settling foundation. Pizzarotti has continued working on the development until this week when Fortis officially ended its agreement with the contractor.
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Here is how they expected it to work:
https://www.structuremag.org/?p=13197
And this is a broader look at Pizzarrotti:
Pizzarotti had a blockbuster NYC entrance. But did the construction company fly too close to the sun?
A look at the company’s work so far in the city and the litigation that has followed it
TRD New York /
July 12, 2019 07:00 AM
By Kathryn Brenzel
https://therealdeal.com/2019/07/12/p...se-to-the-sun/
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