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saturday ledger reports building inspector did not ask contractor for a stability report detailing shipyard gantry's steel structure's stability.
at least one town official had questioned whether it was safe to demolish the structure in two stages.
at a 11/23/04 town planning board meeting michal ford questioned this wisdom,'' i think it's crazy not to take this down all at once''. oh boy
i'm sure there's plenty of blame to
go around here folks.short sighted blame being regurgitated over and over
again by monday morning quarterbacks.
any more thoughts on the subject?
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Everything in order
From following the stories in the newspapers it appears to me that everything was done correctly by the town. Even though Mr. Ford spouted off about his preference, the procedure is set by the state and the planning board were bound to follow it. That's being responsible although it might not be popular.
The owner should have waited until the appeal period was over and scheduled the entire demolition to occur at that same time. Many people felt that taking it down in two stages didn't make any sense but the owner did what he felt was best and took a risk.
I think that he will pay dearly for the risk as the two men who lost their lives have.
By TMM
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Quirk's Fault
That liability squarely rests with the demolition engineers as they are college educated as structural engineers. It's what they do.
Since Quirk hasten the project, it's his structure, his yard, he too would have to shoulder blame.
There are things like insurance contracts he would have had to have in place to indemnify him as to all risks and hazardous liability.
I've been a controller for a subcontracting construction company. Each job we did included a host of bonds and other insurance riders to indemnify the company for any losses, personal or otherwise before proceeding with the project. We wouldn't even be allowed onto the project by the general contractor without these insurance contracts
It's the insurance companies with the deep pockets here folks.
Quirk's legal eagles would have, should have, could have advised Quirk long before buying the yard.
Failure by Quirk to have any of these measures in place would make Quirk a very bad businessman. I'd be stunned to learn Quirk was able to take down that steel structure without these measures.
To the extent that Quirk disregarded human risk by allowing people onto and under the gantry, what do you think he thinks of the people of Hayward and surrounding neighborhood streets ?
By Citizen
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Low life
It will be found that a low-life employed by the demolition contractor decided to do some unauthorized preliminary deconstruction by removing some fasteners and braces.
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