Take the shell off this turtle and it becomes snack time for their predators.
Yes, let’s have a press conference right before a holiday weekend so no one will remember on Tuesday;
City officials will give an update on efforts to find out why metal panels on bulging on the exterior of the Denny Sanford Premier Center.
Public Works Director Mark Cotter and City Attorney Dave Pfeifle will speak at a news conference at 2 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 28, at the Premier Center, 1201 N. West Ave.
Contractors and architects have been looking into the issue since spring, and a third party expert visited the site this summer to help determine who was responsible for the way panels turned out.
The large steel sheets that line the curved face of the Premier Center are bulging where they meet, creating a ripple effect.
Cotter has said they don’t pose a structural problem and the building will open as expected in late September.
Models of the building will help determine how to correct the issue. Those are expected to be ready by mid-October.
And several councilors have still not been filled in on what is going to be said tomorrow.
Cotter’s statement about structural issues is ludicrous at best. There is not one single building inspector, construction manager, sheet metal manufacturer, etc, etc, that I have not talked to that says siding is an integral part of the structure. As a person who has worked in siding and construction, I can tell you, it is not only cosmetic, it is structural.
Rip the siding off of your own home, find out how structural it is.