{"id":16337,"date":"2025-02-12T15:51:47","date_gmt":"2025-02-12T15:51:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/torontotribune.ca\/index.php\/2025\/02\/12\/ottawa-engineering-firm-facing-8m-lawsuit-over-failed-ontario-bridge-repair-2\/"},"modified":"2025-02-12T15:51:47","modified_gmt":"2025-02-12T15:51:47","slug":"ottawa-engineering-firm-facing-8m-lawsuit-over-failed-ontario-bridge-repair-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/torontotribune.ca\/index.php\/2025\/02\/12\/ottawa-engineering-firm-facing-8m-lawsuit-over-failed-ontario-bridge-repair-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Ottawa, engineering firm facing $8M lawsuit over failed Ontario bridge repair"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-article-socialshare=\"true\">\n<div id=\"article-fontSizer\" class=\"c-fontSizer\">\n<p>\n\t\t<button class=\"c-fontSizer__button c-fontSizer__button--decrease c-button c-button--details c-button--mini\" data-trackable=\"true\" data-trackaction=\"Font Sizer Decrease Font\" data-tooltip-title=\"Decrease text size\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Descrease article font size<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<svg class=\"c-icon  c-fontSizer__icon\" focusable=\"false\">\n\t\t<use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/themes\/shaw-globalnews\/assets\/dist\/icons\/out\/symbol\/svg\/sprite.symbol.svg?v=cv3j60zbx#font-decrease\"\/>\n\t<\/svg><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t<button class=\"c-fontSizer__button c-fontSizer__button--increase c-button c-button--details c-button--mini\" data-trackable=\"true\" data-trackaction=\"Font Sizer Increase Font\" data-tooltip-title=\"Increase text size\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Increase article font size<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<svg class=\"c-icon  c-fontSizer__icon\" focusable=\"false\">\n\t\t<use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/themes\/shaw-globalnews\/assets\/dist\/icons\/out\/symbol\/svg\/sprite.symbol.svg?v=cv3j60zbx#font-increase\"\/>\n\t<\/svg><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>A company hired to repair the <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/lasalle-causeway\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LaSalle Causeway<\/a> bridge in Kingston, Ont., is suing the federal government and an engineering firm for more than $8 million, claiming it was wrongly blamed for the bridge\u2019s structural failure.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Landform Civil Infrastructures Inc. (LCI) says Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC) breached its contract, withheld payments, and spread false claims about its role in the bridge\u2019s collapse, according to court documents obtained by Global News.<\/p>\n<p>The company also alleges that Sigma Risk Management Inc., the engineering firm hired to assess the incident, negligently misinterpreted the cause of the failure, concluding that LCI deviated from the required procedure when it had, in fact, followed the government-approved plan.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup\" data-newsletter-inline=\"\">\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/themes\/shaw-globalnews\/images\/skyline\/national.jpg\" alt=\"Get the day's top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day.\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup__content\">\n<h3>Get daily National news<\/h3>\n<p>Get the day&#8217;s top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>According to the lawsuit, PSPC terminated LCI\u2019s contract, withheld payments and shared incorrect information about its role in the failure with third parties.<\/p>\n<p>LCI is seeking damages, including unpaid invoices, legal costs and compensation for the lost business opportunities, according to court records. 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The case is still ongoing.<\/p>\n<p>LCI itself is also facing its own set of legal issues surrounding the <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/10447616\/kingston-businesses-federal-government-lasalle-causeway-closure\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">project<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-tabs\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t<button role=\"tab\" class=\"c-tabs__tab c-tabs__tab--active\" type=\"button\">More on Canada<\/button><br \/>\n\t\t\t<button role=\"tab\" class=\"c-tabs__tab\" type=\"button\">More videos<\/button>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\n\t\t&amp;copy 2025 Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc.\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script defer src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&#038;appId=318812448281278&#038;version=v3.3\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11014418\/lasalle-causeway-kingston-lawsuit\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Descrease article font size Increase article font size A company hired to repair the LaSalle Causeway bridge in Kingston, Ont., is suing the federal government and an engineering firm for more than $8 million, claiming it was wrongly blamed for the bridge\u2019s structural failure. 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