Expert Analysis

Methane Gas Reclamation Building
Department of Public Works

City of Stamford, Connecticut

Client: Crum & Foster.
Construction Cost: $3,500,000
Construction Completion Date: 1988

Contractor default left this 35,000 square foot facility in Stamford, CT, in a partially completed state. Although the design was simple, the engineering was complex. This Methane Gas Reclamation building was built in conjunction with a solid-waste/refuse landfill. Reclamation was required to capture and contain the methane gas produced by decomposing matter in the landfill.

Notified of the contractual bankruptcy, Crum & Foster, Surety on the project, hired DiGeronimo PC to put together the necessary scope of work to complete the project and manage the construction. Work for completion of construction was competitively bid to a selected list of contractors. The new low-bid general contractor completed the work was completed April 1988..