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Originally Posted by Great68
Engineers aren't infalliable, and the checks and balances that should happen can be missed.
We have a good example of a rental building in Langford (Danbrook one) that was constructed in 2018/19.
Apparently the structural engineer was not correctly certified, and the structural design of the building was massively deficient and dangerous to the point that the city of langford pulled the occupancy permit just a few months after the building reached full occupancy. Everyone had to leave.
They only just finished fixing the deficiencies and started re-occupying last year.
https://www.capitaldaily.ca/news/sho...ook-one-design |
That article is one of the best pieces of journalism I've read in a long, long time lol.
It also just confirms what I said.
Developer fast tracking designs, which are allegedly stolen/plagiarized without making critical changes, to BEFORE they got the geotechnical report.
Construction starting before IFC (issued for construction) drawings are stamped, and then the structure having differences with the as-built drawings.
Selling company's 'Director' is also the head of the prime contractor. But surely there's no conflict there, right?
That said, the city of Langford should have caught many of these. They do hold some responsibility in this case.