BENSALEM The Bensalem Township school board says it will pursue legal action against a contractor that installed what district officials say was a faulty HVAC system in its high school gymnasium.
Board President Ralph Douglass said the system had leaked water since it was installed more than 18 months ago. The leaking has forced the district to replace about half of the main gym floor, Douglass said, at a cost of around $250,000.
The high school keeps a tarp over the floor when it is not in use, he said.
Lyn Jackson, controller for the contracting company, B&S Sheet Metal of Morrisville, said legal action already was underway to determine whether responsibility for the leaky system was the manufacturer's, supplier's, or B&S'. "It's quite a snarly mess," she said.
Douglass, who was overseeing his last meeting as board president when the board voted to pursue the suit, said the decision had been in the works for some time. "This wasn't something out of the blue," he said. - Chris Palmer