BAM Building issued High Court proceedings against the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board on Wednesday, court records of filings by the construction contractor’s solicitors A&L Goodbody show. Both sides declined to comment on the escalation when contacted on Thursday. However The Currency understands from industry sources that the dispute follows a stalemate in the contract dispute resolution process between the state body tasked with delivering the National Children’s Hospital and its main contractor. The process, as discussed by Board executives before the Oireachtas’s Public Accounts Committee as recently as February 8, allows the two sides to put disputes through four…

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