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"A New Orleans proposal review committee will go back to the drawing board to discuss the construction of a new\u00A0 terminal at Louis Armstrong International Airport.In late May, the city's Procurement Committee selected the Parsons-Odebrecht $546 million construction of the new 650,000-square foot terminal and 2,000-space parking garage at the airport, but the group not selected to build the terminal appealed the city's decision.The formal protest by the Hunt-Gibbs Group sparked an immediate meeting of the New Orleans Aviation Board, which deferred the issue and schedule another meeting for 11 a.m. Monday. It could mean the project is delayed and the bid process starts over, or the project could be scrapped completely.\u00A0The Hunt-Gibbs Group filed a formal protest saying the the selection process was flawed.\u00A0The two proposals had tied in an earlier round of voting, which used a scoring system to award points in various categories. In a second vote, Parsons-Odebrecht finished well ahead in points after New Orleans Deputy Mayor Cedric Grant's point allocation swung heavily toward the winning bid, more so than any other member of the committee.\u00A0Grant managed projects for the Parsons Corporation in a stint that ended in 2004. The Hunt-Gibbs protest regarding the selection does not reference Grant's ties to the winning bidder.\u00A0A city representative said the city attorney reviewed the issue of Grant's previous employment and did not believe it would be a conflict. In fact they said Grant brings significant expertise in construction management to the table."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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