VIDEO: Following years of hotly disputed litigation, a settlement deal could be approved in the case of a sinking North Las Vegas fire station, but it won’t be enough to cover the total cost of repairs. The North Las Vegas City Council is expected to vote on a $2.96 million settlement at its meeting on Wednesday night. The city attorney is recommending that councilmembers approve the settlement, although it doesn’t entirely cover the $5.4 million the city spent on repairs. North Las Vegas Fire Station 53, located on Gowan Road at Simmons Street, was built in 2009, but developed problems several years later with cracks in the walls and slab.
The city investigated and discovered that the fire station was sinking into the ground, but the six-year deadline to file a construction defect had passed. However, Nevada lawmakers changed the law in 2019 to extend that period to 10 years, which allowed the City of North Las Vegas to sue the designers and contractors involved in the project. A tentative agreement was reached where the designers, Nevada by Design Engineering Consultants and Ninyo & Moore, Geotechnical Consultants, agreed to collectively pay $2.5 million. Stargate Plumbing, Aztech Plastering, and Instant Jungle Landscape will collectively pay $450,000, and JWZunino & Associates will pay $10,000.
