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A Canadian subcontractor tapped to help build a train station in downtown Miami has filed a lawsuit, claiming it is owed millions for additional unpaid work.
Steel contractor ADF International, a subsidiary of Canadian company ADF Group, has named general contractor Suffolk Construction, project architect and engineer Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP, and All Aboard Florida, the developer of the Brightline station in Miami.
The lawsuit, filed in Miami-Dade Circuit Court, alleges breach of contract by Suffolk and negligence claims against Skidmore, Owings & Merrill and All Aboard Florida.
ADF is seeking payment for alleged unpaid additional work valued at $23.1 million, plus 5% interest and reimbursement for legal fees.
In the court document, ADF alleged that it was given extra work due to errors and omissions in building plans – oversights that did not comply with the Florida Building Code or the code of standard practice of the American Institute of Steel Construction.
ADF attorney Stuart Sobel told South Florida Business Journal that the root of the complaint is a combination of several factors: faulty planning, lack of supervision, and miscommunication along the “chain of command.”
“We kept trying to get Suffolk to sit down with us and settle up on the extra costs, and either Suffolk wouldn’t put somebody who was up to speed across the table from us, would punt or flat-out refused to meet,” Sobel explained.
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