Veterans Administration threatens to pull contract on new Orlando medical center

The Veterans Administration asked contractor Brasfield & Gorrie to get more workers on the job and figure out a way to get the job done faster, or the VA would pull the contract on the much-delayed Orlando VA Medical Center.

July 5, 2012

The VA’s notice cited "the contractor's inability to diligently pursue the work and to provide suitable manpower to make satisfactory progress."

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