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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThird lien on new Trump hotel brings alleged unpaid bills to over $5 million
Workers from AES Electrical apparently went all out to make sure Donald Trump could open his luxury hotel on the day he wanted.In the frenzied final six weeks of work at the hotel, while Trump touted the project on the campaign trail, AES of Laurel, Md., claims it assigned 45 members of its staff to work 12-hour shifts for nearly 50 consecutive days to get the lights, electrical and fire systems prepared on time.
We had people there well over 12 hours a day for weeks because they had a hard opening of Sept. 12 and you cant open if the lights dont work and the fire alarms dont work and the fire marshal cant inspect it, said Tim Miller, executive vice president of AES. There is a lot of work that went into that hotel, and it didnt happen by accident. Trump got his wish: The hotel was ready enough that on Sept. 16 he held a campaign event there honoring veterans, which was carried live on national television. He touted the hotel as having been completed under budget and ahead of schedule and said that when it opened officially the following month it would be one of the great hotels anywhere in the world.
But around the same time, Miller said, the Trump Organization and its construction manager, Lendlease, stopped paying AES. Three days before Christmas, AES filed a mechanics lien with the D.C. government alleging that it was out almost $2.1 million. Merry Christmas and a happy new year to us, Miller said. The AES filing brings the total of allegedly unpaid bills on the hotel to more than $5 million. Washington-area plumbing firm Joseph J. Magnolia Inc. and Northern Virginia construction company, A&D Construction, are seeking $2.98 million and $79,700 respectively.
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Third lien on new Trump hotel brings alleged unpaid bills to over $5 million (Original Post)
HipChick
Jan 2017
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liberal N proud
(60,334 posts)1. What would happen if you owed 5 million on a loan?
I know what would happen to me.
HipChick
(25,485 posts)3. I don't like even being a day late on my bills
niyad
(113,207 posts)2. hmm, since it has been a well-established fact that der drumpfenfuhrer stiffs ALL his contractors,
vendors, employees, etc., what made this company think it would be treated any differently?
tanyev
(42,541 posts)4. In Russia, contractors pay you.