Name: PABI prevails in arbitration over the Community House design contract, 2006
Start: 2006-10-12
End: 2006-10-12
Location: Beaver Island

Event

Date: 2006-10-12
Kind: Legal proceeding
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: legal-instrumentconstructionfundraisinggovernancecommunitycommunication
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

On October 12, 2006, an arbitrator ruled in favor of PABI in its contract dispute with Cox Medendorp Olson over the Community House design. The report says PABI owed an acoustic-design charge of about $32,000 rather than the requested percentage-based fee, interest, and legal costs.

Evidence limits

This is a newspaper account of the arbitration and does not replace the contract, award, or later Community House construction records.

Sources

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Sources

"PABI Wins," Beaver Beacon, November 2006.
Reports the arbitrator finding Cox Medendorp Olson in breach of contract after the Community House design exceeded the $1.8 million target, leaving PABI responsible for an acoustic-design charge of about $32,000 rather than the requested $150,000 plus fees. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
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Beaver Beacon, November 2006, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held issue scan confirms the arbitration report.
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Beaver Island Forum, “Lien on community center land,” February 8–April 12, 2006.
The thread links the contemporaneous Record-Eagle coverage and notes that the Northern Islander and Beaver Beacon also covered the dispute. Forum comments add no independent contract or award evidence, so the newspaper account remains the operative source.
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Beaver Island Archive, “PABI prevails in arbitration over the Community House design contract, 2006”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-pabi-arbitration-settlement-2006/, accessed [date], citing "PABI Wins," Beaver Beacon, November 2006. (and 2 further sources listed on the page).

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