Fix Proposed for Troubled Seattle Tower
By Nadine M. Post, Northwest Construction, 04.27.2010
The structure’s current acceptable “level of integrity” can be maintained through “basic” repairs commonly performed in buildings of this type, says the St. Louis-based contractor. McCarthy plans to file repair designs with the DPD “soon.”
The local owner, Carpenter’s Tower LLC, agrees only that the building is currently safe. But conditions are worsening, and the owner is vacating the building over the next several months to ready it for demolition, due to “extensive construction defects, which are financially impractical” to fix.
The city’s charge is to determine whether the building is safe and will remain safe, says Jonathan C. Siu, DPD’s principal engineer. But once a determination is made regarding safety, the owner has the right to remediate the building any way it chooses. “If the owner wants, it can remediate by demolishing the building,” says Siu........read more
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Great information . I think it sounds like they will resort to reconciliation, so we need all the information we can get.
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I'm amazed that a building only nine years old is in such bad shape. I realize that buildings in Seattle are particularly susceptible to corrosion because of the damp climate and the salty air, but it's surprising that demolition is already being considered. I can only hope that if they do tear it down, they will build a better structure in its place.
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