According to the complaint filed in the Hawaii state Circuit Court on July 6, the contractors were concerned about the risks posed by the utility lines when they submitted their bid, but HART assured the JV that it “had taken effective steps to ensure the utility line relocation work would not hinder or delay STG’s ability to timely construct the AGS guideway.”
HART also allegedly told the bidders the utility relocation designs were 90% complete, and that the contractor would be allowed more time to finish work if there were delays in getting utilities approved, per the complaint. However, the designs weren’t that far along, and HART took more than a year to provide data to finish them, according to the complaint.
