Barnett Company

Contractor negligently installed cement pool deck: too thin, with steep pitch INTO pool, highly uneven/non-level surface, no drainage, improper expansion joints, inadequately reinforced, not floatedContractor’s insurer, after inspection, declined to cover, claiming that this was a case of shoddy workmanship for which they bore no responsibilityOnly fix, per engineer retained to assess damage and develop remedy plan, was removal and disposalInstallation cost (paid as part of larger job), $15kRemoval cost, $5kContractor made no financial compensation and failed to assist in removal/disposalAlso left two large slag heaps of hardened cement next to driveway, which he has failed to remove Contractor received an advance of $7k for tasks left undone, including leaving tree “stumps” 20’ high; a balcony fence with no top rail, an ungraded, unplanted embankment of eroding fill material, a roadway cut into an eroding embankment without a retaining wall, scattered boulders, an

Contractor negligently installed cement pool deck: too thin, with steep pitch INTO pool, highly uneven/non-level surface, no drainage, improper expansion joints, inadequately reinforced, not floatedContractor’s insurer, after inspection, declined to cover, claiming that this was a case of shoddy workmanship for which they bore no responsibilityOnly fix, per engineer retained to assess damage and develop remedy plan, was removal and disposalInstallation cost (paid as part of larger job), $15kRemoval cost, $5kContractor made no financial compensation and failed to assist in removal/disposalAlso left two large slag heaps of hardened cement next to driveway, which he has failed to remove
Contractor received an advance of $7k for tasks left undone, including leaving tree “stumps” 20’ high; a balcony fence with no top rail, an ungraded, unplanted embankment of eroding fill material, a roadway cut into an eroding embankment without a retaining wall, scattered boulders, an