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Thursday, November 19, 2015
JLC LIVE RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION SHOW IS COMING NEXT MONTH-Get My Speakers Discount or Free Admission to the Hall
See you in Portland Oregon next month for the JLC Live! Residential Construction Show. There will be tons of great speakers and educators on all subjects of construction. There's tons of great brew pubs around, great food, great city so take a few days off first week of December and join me and the JLC Live crew!
Wednesday, November 18, 2015
These Words Should Send a Chill Down The Building Industries Back!
Maybe you didn't feel it, but on November 12th, the building industry was shaken up. Hard, like they got punched, and punched and punched. The law firm of Walkup, Melodia, Kelly & Schoenberger is representing Aoife Beary and another party who are suing for damages from the result of the balcony collapsing on June 16th of this year.
The suit asks for damages, enough to make an example out of the defendants, enough so THIS NEVER HAPPENS AGAIN! Every person involved in building decks, especially cantilevered, are now on notice that it better be done perfectly and correctly. OR YOU WILL PAY. Remember to, the DA's office is investigating this too and criminal charges may still come!
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| BE AFRAID, BE VERY AFRAID! |
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| NO OSB SHOULD BE EVER USED! THIS LIST OF ALLEGATIONS IS A LIST OF EVERY DECK PROBLEM I SEE ALL THE TIME |
So here you are building industry, property management industry, design industry etc; start designing, building, sequencing and use the right materials cause the deaths of these poor kids WILL NOT BE IN VAIN! READ THIS LIST, IT'S JUST A WHO'S WHO OF THE SINS I SEE DURING INSPECTIONS AND WHEN I WAS WATERPROOFING DECKS!
LESSON-IF YOU SCREW UP AND PEOPLE DIE, YOU PROBABLY WILL GO TO JAIL AND PAYA WHOLE LOT OF MONEY, AND HAVE TO LIVE WITH THOSE THAT DIED ON YOUR CONSCIENCE.
NOT WORTH IT, DO IT RIGHT, IT ONLY COSTS A LITTLE MORE THAN DOING IT WRONG.
Sunday, November 15, 2015
From Contra Costa Times- Lawsuits Filed By Victims and Families of Berkeley Deck Collapse
Prior complaints by tenants about mushrooms growing out of balcony allegedly ignored.
Reporter Thomas Peele's (@Thomas_Peele) latest article on the Berkeley deck tragedy reports that the families and victims of the deck collapse have filed a lawsuit alleging some of the defendants named in the suit knew of problems with the deck after it was built and the building occupied. Other defendants allegedly "deliberately ignored" the plans for the deck.
"BERKELEY -- Tenants of a Berkeley apartment had complained to building managers for weeks that mushrooms were growing on a wooden balcony before it collapsed during a party in July, plummeting six people to their deaths, lawsuits filed Thursday allege.
But their complaints were ignored, survivors and families of the victims claim in a negligence lawsuit that alleges the building owners and construction company could have prevented the tragedy."
Read the whole article here- http://www.contracostatimes.com/breaking-news/ci_29110468/berkeley-tenants-reported-signs-rot-weeks-before-deadly
The allegations, if proved true, would leave many of the named parties at risk of being exposed to millions of dollars in liability costs.
I'll say it once again, decks must be built using best building practices and with the highest degree of skill and materials available, not the most cost effective, cheapest materials and labor. If successful, this lawsuit may just change the way builders hire sub-contractors-today the cheapest wins, the most responsible skilled contractor loses. It's time for a change.
Reporter Thomas Peele's (@Thomas_Peele) latest article on the Berkeley deck tragedy reports that the families and victims of the deck collapse have filed a lawsuit alleging some of the defendants named in the suit knew of problems with the deck after it was built and the building occupied. Other defendants allegedly "deliberately ignored" the plans for the deck.
"BERKELEY -- Tenants of a Berkeley apartment had complained to building managers for weeks that mushrooms were growing on a wooden balcony before it collapsed during a party in July, plummeting six people to their deaths, lawsuits filed Thursday allege.
Read the whole article here- http://www.contracostatimes.com/breaking-news/ci_29110468/berkeley-tenants-reported-signs-rot-weeks-before-deadly
The allegations, if proved true, would leave many of the named parties at risk of being exposed to millions of dollars in liability costs.
I'll say it once again, decks must be built using best building practices and with the highest degree of skill and materials available, not the most cost effective, cheapest materials and labor. If successful, this lawsuit may just change the way builders hire sub-contractors-today the cheapest wins, the most responsible skilled contractor loses. It's time for a change.
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