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.
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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