YAKIMA, Wash. (AP) - A Washington state school district and an architecture firm reached a financial agreement following a claim by the district that a distinctive blue wall serving as a centerpiece of a high school reconstruction was flawed.
KDA Architecture agreed to pay the Yakima School District $1.7 million for damage and repairs, The Yakima Herald-Republic reports.
The Feb. 3 settlement is not an admission of liability or fault by the district or the firm involved in the project to refurbish Eisenhower High School.
The district filed a lawsuit in June alleging breach of contract leading to property damage and substantial repair costs.
KDA of Yakima designed Eisenhower High School to replace a facility that dated to 1957. The project was completed in 2013 and cost the district about $83 million.
A main design feature was a blue wall weaving through the center of the building, representing the Yakima River.
The district’s lawsuit alleged that a water-resistant barrier began melting behind the wall’s blue, stainless steel shingles because a protective product surpassed a heat limit.
The lawsuit said the addition of other products and attempts to fix the wall eventually resulted in at least $500,000 in repairs.
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