The contractor picked to build Nebraska’s new prison is facing claims of millions of dollars in damages for construction errors and delays on a jail it built in Sioux City, Iowa.
A collapsed wall, missing security bars in ductwork, a delay by more than a year in completing the jail — those are among complaints by Iowa authorities against Hausmann Construction of Lincoln and two other firms in a 22-page letter released Monday.
Nebraska announced last month it intends to award Hausmann a $313 million contract to build a new, 1,512-bed state prison in Lincoln…