The University of Iowa paid $3.87 million in a change order to replace construction company Modern Piping as a subcontractor on the project to build a new facility to house the College of Pharmacy amid costly legal disputes with the Cedar Rapids-based construction firm, reports the Daily Iowan. Records show UI in March 2017 objected to Modern Piping’s bid to help construct a 296,000-square-foot pharmacy building. The documents did not state the university’s reason for the objection. After a yearslong legal dispute stemming from Modern Piping’s involvement on the UI Stead Family Children’s Hospital, the 6th District Court ordered UI to pay Modern Piping $21.5 million for work done.