IS IT TRUE at long last after blowing out a two year deadline the City of Evansville has entered into a contract that has the purpose of finding an acceptable long term solution to the combined sewer overflow problem that the EPA has mandated that the City fix?…just last week the City of Evansville entered into a six month contract with Garrard and Associates at a rate of $185 per hour to handle the responsibilities of the City with respect to the planning part of this problem?…we have not yet been informed as to what the consequences are for blowing the original 2-year deadline, nor have we been advised whether or not the EPA has granted the 6 month extension requested by the Winnecke Administration to cobble a plan together?…Mr. Garrard has a big job to do and a short time to do it in?…we wonder why this step was not taken 2 years ago but breathe a sigh of relief that some action is finally being taken to address this legacy failure?…this albatross like the Johnson Controls albatross is now firmly in the hands of the Winnecke Administration with all of the failures of the Weinzapfel Administration that came with it?…we are crossing our fingers that Mayor Winnecke’s contractual hire on this issue does a better job than was done with the Johnson Controls contract that was brought back from the dead by Mayor Winnecke after the IURC killed it in its tracks?…the EPA will not go away without an approved plan but the Johnson Controls deal was shot down only to have Mayor Winnecke attempt to resuscitate it against the better judgment of everyone in the know about the value and the terms of the contract?
IS IT TRUE that it has now been determined that the angle of the glass wall on the Ford Center is a fraction of an inch over what building codes specify as the highest angle allowable for such designs?…over a roughly 50 foot wall or even an 8 foot pane of glass this is a very small amount?…the City of Evansville is asking for a variance so that reworking the front façade is not necessary over a fraction of an inch?…the contractor of course is stating that it was compliant with codes when it was installed?…that is entirely possible and there should be an inspection on file somewhere to either confirm that assertion or not?…settling as regularly occurs could be the culprit for this fraction of an inch problem and the angle needs to be checked repeatedly to see if it is growing in one direction or just oscillating around a nominal value of 15 degrees?…that means if the slope was 15 at occupancy, then grew to 15.1 in 6 months, and continues to grow to 16, 17 , or even larger angles then there is a problem that needs to be dealt with at the foundation level?…if the angle was 15 degrees, then migrated up to 15.1 degrees, and back to 14.9 degrees then this may not be settling at all?…building materials like glass and steel have an attribute called the “coefficient of thermal expansion†which means they grow and shrink as the temperature changes?…building codes typically take this natural phenomena into consideration?…a continuous measurement system would necessarily conclude that the angle changes with the seasons and even follows a certain path as all structures do?…the CCO hopes this is the case, that the variance is appropriate, and that the Ford Center is deemed safe and in no need of reworking?…there are enough self made problems to deal with already?
IS IT TRUE that Toby Cosgrove, the CEO of the world renowned Cleveland Clinic responded to questions regarding the implementation of the Affordable Care Act (aka Obamacare)?…in preface to those comments Cosgrove stated that the most expensive instrument in any hospital is THE DOCTOR’S PEN and that doctor’s need to be continuously reminded to be cost conscious?…when asked about what companies will do regarding eliminating employee health benefits Dr. Cosgrove stated that small businesses will be quick to choose paying the fine over providing health insurance?…Dr. Cosgrove then said that “when the first big player does that (choose the fines over coverage) it will fall like dominoes and drive everyone into the exchangesâ€?…these are the exchanges that are not yet formed and that over half of the states are resisting in every way possible?
How do windows fall out over a fraction of an inch? And how is that fraction of an inch measured? is the fraction of an inch over slope by foot, or total length? If windows fall out at a fraction of an inch over 15 degrees, then 15 degrees is not acceptable as a safe angle.
At the time that the panel of glass “fell out”, I heard a “rumor” the reason was that the Ford Center was actually sinking. Did not believe it then, but now?
Taken down by Editor because of highly insulting remarks.
Does Garrard and Associates include the Mr. Garrard who ran the Evansville Water and Sewer Utility on an interim basis during the time that the EPA mandate fell?
A fraction of an inch, that’s usually the amount it takes to convince Dave Rector to knock the entire facility over.
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