Pacific Pile & Marine retracts second claim

The Small Boat Harbor contractor responded this week to PND Engineers’ rebuff of their claim that the harbor dredge basin was harder than described in the project’s bid documents.

Pacific Pile & Marine first notified the borough in July of differing site conditions in the harbor basin after experiencing dredging delays. They estimated additional labor and equipment costs at about $1.1 million.

In 2013, PND analyzed the dredge…