Comedy of errors leaves Florida building standing.
A video showing its vice president firing an automatic weapon within the confines of an Orlando demolition site might not, in fact, be the most embarrassing aspect of the challenges facing Crusader Demolition right now.
The company has now missed two separate deadlines within which it was supposed to fell the old round building that sits across from Orlando’s City Hall and front of the new multimillion dollar Orlando Center for the Performing Arts.
Now, having already overrun twice, the company’s experience is being called into serious question; as are the facts behind its appointment as the contractor on this project.
Last week Channel 9 reported that contractor Peace of Mind Environmental warned the city that Crusader Demolition wasn’t qualified to do the demolition project.
A bid protest claimed that Crusader had never demolished even one three-story building. Following the protest the city changed the qualifications and awarded the bid to Crusader again.
“This building should have been on the ground and grass growing three months ago,” said Richard Lorenz of rival firm Central Environmental Services.
According to representatives with Central Environmental Services, their company has demolished 50 buildings that were over six stories in height and entered a bid that was $100,000 less than the Crusader bid.
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