An apologetic contractor is asking the city for a second chance now that multi-million-dollar litigation over Hamilton's problem-plagued stadium is all but settled.

The infamous delays and ongoing deficiencies at $145-million Tim Hortons Field spurred tens of millions of dollars in dueling court claims filed last spring between the city, Hamilton Tiger-Cats, stadium contractor Ontario Sports Solutions and provincial project overseer Infrastructure Ontario.

The city has remained tight-lipped about the state of those court claims and parallel negotiations.

But Monday, Kenaidan Contracting president David Kirkland told a committee of councillors he understood a settlement over delay and deficiency costs is ready to be signed.

Kenaidan was the Ontario-based minority partner in Ontario Sports Solutions, alongside majority French-owned partner Bouygues Building Canada.

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Ontario Sports Solutions has not responded to any Spectator inquiries about the stadium for months.

Kirkland told councillors his firm shares responsibility for the stadium delays and "underestimated" the resources and timelines required to finish the project on schedule.

"We are extremely sorry," he said, later adding: "If we're ever to bid and succeed on future tenders with the City of Hamilton, we will demonstrate to the city . the issues such as occurred at the stadium will not occur again."

Kirkland wouldn't agree to an interview after the delegation.

Councillors later went behind closed doors to discuss the city's "commercial relationship" with the company.

Afterwards, Coun. Lloyd Ferguson said he appreciated the company's willingness to "'fess up," but wouldn't comment on the results of the discussion.

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Ferguson also said he couldn't comment on the status of stadium litigation negotiations, but added he didn't "disagree" with Kirkland's characterization of a pending settlement.

Settling which party pays for what over the stadium became more complicated last summer when a tower speaker plummeted into the stands of Tim Hortons Field. A separate investigation of how that occurred - and a safety audit of the rest of the stadium - remain secret as a result of the ongoing lawsuit.