Dive Brief:

• A lawsuit filed by the organization building a new art museum in Los Angeles is asking for $19.8 million from Seele, a German manufacturer, because the building's distinctive architectural exterior, a "veil of steel and fiberglass-reinforced concrete," was not fabricated, delivered and installed by last October.
• The opening of the museum that will house the collection of Eli and Edythe Broad was to have opened by the end of this year and now will not open until some time in 2015 because of the delay, the suit alleges.
• A spokeswoman for the Broad Art Foundation said the facade's pieces are now on the Los Angeles construction site, but the foundation and general contractor MATT Construction say the delay drove up costs by the amount cited in the suit.

Dive Insight:

A recent report said the average size of construction-related claims in the U.S. is growing, and $19.8 million will do nothing to push down that figure. The lawsuit also is against Zurich American Insurance Company because, it says, Zurich had bonded Seele's work and that was to have been finished Oct. 25.