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RTG did not immediately respond to this newspaper’s request for comment.

The City of Ottawa’s deputy solicitor David White said the city does not comment on “matters of litigation that are before the courts.”

Quest Steel’s statement of claim, dated July 29, says the Ontario company was subcontracted to supply and install “elevator shrouds and framing” for nine LRT stations along the Confederation Line.

The total amount of the contract, according to the plaintiff, was $8,968,861.97, tax-in. Quest Steel invoiced OLRT, but its payment remains more than $4.9-million short, according to the statement of claim.

Quest Steel says it “prepared, performed, and completed” all of the work it invoiced OLRT for “in a good and workmanlike manner and in accord with the instructions received” by the consortium. It also says a “certificate of substantial performance” was published by RTG and OLRT on May 15.

Quest Steel is looking for the outstanding $4.9-million, as well as associated interest and costs. That this remains unpaid means the defendants have been “unjustly enriched” and breached their contract with Quest Steel, according to the statement of claim

A statement of defence had not been filed as of Monday. None of the allegations in the claim has been proven in court.

RTG is also facing demands for payment from Ottawa construction firm Tomlinson. CBC reported Monday that the company wrote to OLRT on Nov. 11, and published a copy of the correspondence.