& PAIN

and it sucks going through life knowing that you couldn’t complete your job,” he said.

Olsen, who had to retire in 2008 due to his knee, has sued Lendlease for undisclosed damages for his leg injury and psychological suffering.

Lendlease, which settled with several other firefighters who filed injury claims, is arguing that Olsen’s case has no merit because the company wasn’t at fault for the fire.

His case should be dismissed because “Bovis did not violate the applicable statutes and codes pertaining to standpipe and fire suppression systems,” the company’s lawyers said in a motion to dismiss.

A secondary source of water from the first floor was available and the FDNY could have used it, “had the FDNY followed its standard operating procedure,” Lendlease lawyers argued in court papers.

The company also said regulators didn’t require it to fix the building sprinkler system, which had been inoperable since it was damaged on 9/11.

Lendlease declined to comment on Olsen’s case.

“As these matters involve active litigation being handled by our insurance carrier, we are not able to comment,” the company wrote in an email.

The law firm representing the company said it didn’t comment on pending litigation.

Sara Director of Barasch McGarry Salzman & Penson, who represents Olsen, said Lendlease is looking to rewrite history.

“They said one thing to get out of a criminal prosecution and now they’re saying another thing to get out of civil prosecution,” Director said.