ADAMS â Adams Plumbing & Heating is one of eight contractors being sued by the University of Massachusetts Building Authority and the University of Massachusetts-Amherst for damages incurred after kitchen ductwork installed by the contractors collapsed within three years.
The plaintiffs are seeking more than $2.8 million it cost to replace and repair the ductwork in a dining hall at the UMass campus in Amherst. The suit cites âdamage caused by defendantsâ faulty design, construction, testing, review and commissioning of the kitchen exhaust systems,â according to the complaint filed in Hampshire Superior Court on Dec 1.
Amy Moresi, president of Adams Plumbing & Heating on Printworks Drive in Adams, declined to comment on the lawsuit.