Stop Order Issued For Calgary Building
Work remains halted at a downtown Calgary construction site after pieces of glass fell to the street over the weekend.
A window on the 20th floor of the Palliser South tower at 201 10th Ave. S.E. shattered on Saturday, dropping shards of glass on to the sidewalk and cars below. No one was hurt.
It’s the second time this summer that debris has fallen from a highrise construction site in downtown Calgary.
Michelle Krsek, 3, was killed on Aug. 1 when she was struck by a wind-blown piece of sheet metal that fell from the top of the downtown Le Germain development in Calgary. Her father and brother were injured in the accident.
Inspectors with Alberta Occupational Health and Safety examined 20 downtown sites after Krsek’s death — including the Palliser South tower.
“This was one of the buildings that was inspected and at the time, there was no major problems found and so now we’ve got to go back and find out what did happen with that glass,” department spokesman Chris Chodan said on Monday.
“That glass had been installed 10 days ago and it stayed there, so there’s a number of questions now about why did it come loose now, what was wrong, what was the cause of that glass coming down?”
A stop-work order has been issued for the project until every pane of glass has been checked.
“Are the sheets of glass themselves defective? Are they the right kinds of glass to be installed there? How were they secured, what techniques were used — that’s the starting point of the investigation,” Chodan said.
The building’s contractor isn’t commenting, but will release findings of its own inspection later this week.
- Calgary Herald
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