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Illinois Officials Seek Rebate for Lincoln Library CostsIllinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s administration will try to recoup $10–$15 million from contractors who worked on the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield, which opened last October after more than a year of delays caused by unanticipated construction problems.The Chicago Tribune reported September 15 that the state is seeking funds from former Disney designer Bob Rogers’s California firm, BRC Imagination Arts; from Hellmuth Obata and Kassabaum, an architectural firm in St. Louis; and from Siciliano, a general contractor in Springfield. The decision to negotiate for a refund came after members of the state’s Capital Development Board, overseers of such projects, reviewed a preliminary report from the Chicago law firm of Bell Boyd and Lloyd, which conducted a months-long review of cost overruns and delays at the complex. Board chair Anthony Licata told the Tribune that claims range from “costs associated with delay and delivery . . . to alleged design and construction defects.” Posted September 16, 2005. |
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