Chicago Museum Sues Arap Over Addition’s Engineering
Wednesday, Oct. 13th 2010 6:56 AM
Ove Arup & Partners says it is “incredulous” over a lawsuit by the Art Institute of Chicago accusing the company of errors on the museum’s 264,000-sq-ft Modern Wing. Filed in federal district court in Chicago, the lawsuit claims the multidisciplinary engineer failed to discharge its obligations during design and construction of the wing, which opened in May 2009.
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