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Apr 22, 2008, 2:39 AM
Richmond skating oval roof needs mould fix
2010 critics say problem caused by 'pushing timelines'
Published: Sunday, April 20, 2008
Olympic critics are blaming the $2.2-million bill for fixing the mouldy roof on the Richmond speed-skating oval roof on the rush to get the facility finished by fall.
"It's just an indication of the problems you have when you're rushing to get things done quickly," said Maureen Bader, B.C. director of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation. "It's poor management of the project. Who knows what's going to come up because things have been rushed so much." NDP Olympic critic Harry Bains agreed.
"Is this as a result of pushing timelines?" Bains asked. "The premier made a huge issue about telling the world that the wooden roof would highlight the B.C. forest industry and B.C wood products.
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Maureen Bader blames extra costs for the mouldy roof on 'poor management.'
Photograph by : Les Bazso File Photo, the Province
"Now, with the fungi situation, that will damage our reputation," he said.
According to Greg Scott, Richmond's director of major projects, officials are mystified by algae and fungi on the roofing insulation's paper facer.
Scott said contractors will know more when they pull the PVC membrane back off the roof of the $178-million Olympic showpiece.
"Right now, all we know is that we have an algae and fungi growth on the paper facer of the lower layer of insulation -- and we're going to correct that," he said.
Scott said that 70 per cent of the roof on the 32,000-square-metre building will need to be "investigated." Workers will start checking the extent of the damage in the next week or two, depending on the weather.
Repairs will take between two to three months.
An extra membrane will be installed between the plywood and the two layers of insulation, Scott said.
He said that once it's determined who is at fault, Richmond will look at recovering some of the cost of repairs.
"We were doing some test holes and we found that this fungi was growing on one of the paper facers," he said. "Obviously that wasn't good and we did a little bit more investigation . . . It was felt we needed to take some quick action." Richmond spokesman Ted Townsend said the problem is in the lower of two layers of insulation and that neither the plywood nor the pine-beetle wood has been damaged.
He said workers hope to salvage any undamaged insulation to reduce the cost of the repair, which will be paid out of the project's contingency fund at no extra cost to taxpayers.
The building will still open on time, Townsend added.
dinwood@png.canwest.com
http://www.canada.com/theprovince/news/story.html?id=0d207a5b-e082-44a9-9340-858d68e980b5&k=5512
2010 critics say problem caused by 'pushing timelines'
Published: Sunday, April 20, 2008
Olympic critics are blaming the $2.2-million bill for fixing the mouldy roof on the Richmond speed-skating oval roof on the rush to get the facility finished by fall.
"It's just an indication of the problems you have when you're rushing to get things done quickly," said Maureen Bader, B.C. director of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation. "It's poor management of the project. Who knows what's going to come up because things have been rushed so much." NDP Olympic critic Harry Bains agreed.
"Is this as a result of pushing timelines?" Bains asked. "The premier made a huge issue about telling the world that the wooden roof would highlight the B.C. forest industry and B.C wood products.
http://a123.g.akamai.net/f/123/12465/1d/media.canada.com/idl/vapr/20080420/273265-89741.jpg
Maureen Bader blames extra costs for the mouldy roof on 'poor management.'
Photograph by : Les Bazso File Photo, the Province
"Now, with the fungi situation, that will damage our reputation," he said.
According to Greg Scott, Richmond's director of major projects, officials are mystified by algae and fungi on the roofing insulation's paper facer.
Scott said contractors will know more when they pull the PVC membrane back off the roof of the $178-million Olympic showpiece.
"Right now, all we know is that we have an algae and fungi growth on the paper facer of the lower layer of insulation -- and we're going to correct that," he said.
Scott said that 70 per cent of the roof on the 32,000-square-metre building will need to be "investigated." Workers will start checking the extent of the damage in the next week or two, depending on the weather.
Repairs will take between two to three months.
An extra membrane will be installed between the plywood and the two layers of insulation, Scott said.
He said that once it's determined who is at fault, Richmond will look at recovering some of the cost of repairs.
"We were doing some test holes and we found that this fungi was growing on one of the paper facers," he said. "Obviously that wasn't good and we did a little bit more investigation . . . It was felt we needed to take some quick action." Richmond spokesman Ted Townsend said the problem is in the lower of two layers of insulation and that neither the plywood nor the pine-beetle wood has been damaged.
He said workers hope to salvage any undamaged insulation to reduce the cost of the repair, which will be paid out of the project's contingency fund at no extra cost to taxpayers.
The building will still open on time, Townsend added.
dinwood@png.canwest.com
http://www.canada.com/theprovince/news/story.html?id=0d207a5b-e082-44a9-9340-858d68e980b5&k=5512