1st step: Develop a plan and call it something catchy like "formal track". Promote it as a way to deal with deadbeat owners and promise commissioners you will contact the owners and work with them. Avoid using words like "demolish" and rather refer to it as "formal track".
2nd step: After a long period of time has elapsed, have the demo contractor nonchalantly attempt to pull a coa form.
3rd step: Being confronted with neighborhood opposition invite your engineers to do a survey of the property.
4th step: After reading the engineer's report, call them back out to do another, a different one this time.
5th step: Call for emergency demolition.
In one week's time the engineer, changed his tune.
Report number one says:
(http://i860.photobucket.com/albums/ab165/sheclown/2012-03-16-1523-26-2-1-1.jpg)
One week later, report number two says:
http://forum.preservationsos.org/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=896&p=9939#p9939
One week later, report number two says:
(http://i860.photobucket.com/albums/ab165/sheclown/2012-03-23-1447-50.jpg)
http://forum.preservationsos.org/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=896&p=9939#p9939
Are you saying that within a week, the same engineer decided that all of a sudden, his first report was wrong and now the house is unsafe and must come down? Are you freaking kidding me?! How is this possible?
Quote from: Springfielder on March 23, 2012, 03:59:26 PM
Are you saying that within a week, the same engineer decided that all of a sudden, his first report was wrong and now the house is unsafe and must come down? Are you freaking kidding me?! How is this possible?
Atlantic does all the engineering reports for MCCD, they called and pressured them obviously. Not that it matters, there are two contractors, a structural engineer, and an architect who just went and inspected that house and are writing another report.
“This and no other is the root from which a tyrant springs; when he first appears he is a protector.â€
Quote from: ChriswUfGator on March 23, 2012, 04:11:50 PM
Atlantic does all the engineering reports for MCCD, they called and pressured them obviously.
Even if you allow for the possibility that MCCD never said one word either direction, to call the engineer back to do a second report sends a clear message. The only way to get an unbiased opinion would have been to contact another firm and give them no history whatsoever.
We have asked to be allowed to do an independent survey with an engineer, architect and contractors. Councilman Lumb is trying to get us access. This is the only way to have an unbiased opinion -- have no $$$$ involved.