Structural issues have emerged at another school being constructed by the Neenan Co., a major builder of rural Colorado schools that already has admitted making mistakes that closed an $18.9 million school in Meeker.
— Denver Post
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this is a huge local fiasco. the battle between the structural engineer and the contractor will rage on, but it sounds like it ultimately comes down to the contractor overstepping the bounds of liability with the structural design. of course neenan says that it only built what was approved by the engineer, but then the engineer says he never approved of the changes. it not only gives a bad name to the local construction industry, but also puts a black eye on the pre-fab approach and design/build delivery system. such a sham[e]...
Weelll, I've been around the block a couple of times and this is a pretty easy one. Mr. Contractor: please show us the written direction from the engineer. Oh? What's that? You say the engineer *told* you at a site walk-through 18 months ago? Is it in the engineer's field report? No? What about an RFI- did you send one to the engineer? No? So, basically, we're to rely on your recollection of a conversation that took place 18 months ago? Okey-dokey, no problem there, 'cause I remember a conversation 19 months ago in which you said you would donate all labor and materials.
They call it Archistruction, a medium sized firm that can do it all. But like so much in life you pull out one of the blocks in the work flow the rest comes falling down. This is scary as hell in our region as this is a prominent firm for many regional government building and hospitals. they do a lot in Texas too, so everyone on the owners side is second guessing I would guess.
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this is a huge local fiasco. the battle between the structural engineer and the contractor will rage on, but it sounds like it ultimately comes down to the contractor overstepping the bounds of liability with the structural design. of course neenan says that it only built what was approved by the engineer, but then the engineer says he never approved of the changes. it not only gives a bad name to the local construction industry, but also puts a black eye on the pre-fab approach and design/build delivery system. such a sham[e]...
Weelll, I've been around the block a couple of times and this is a pretty easy one. Mr. Contractor: please show us the written direction from the engineer. Oh? What's that? You say the engineer *told* you at a site walk-through 18 months ago? Is it in the engineer's field report? No? What about an RFI- did you send one to the engineer? No? So, basically, we're to rely on your recollection of a conversation that took place 18 months ago? Okey-dokey, no problem there, 'cause I remember a conversation 19 months ago in which you said you would donate all labor and materials.
They call it Archistruction, a medium sized firm that can do it all. But like so much in life you pull out one of the blocks in the work flow the rest comes falling down. This is scary as hell in our region as this is a prominent firm for many regional government building and hospitals. they do a lot in Texas too, so everyone on the owners side is second guessing I would guess.
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