re: New Library building downtown may be collapsing

So this is how building a building works.
Architects design floor plans and aesthetics.
They hire civil engineers to design the foundation.
They hire structural engineers for the structure.
They hire mep engineers to design mechanical electrical and plumbing.
And so on and so fourth.
The owner hires a gc. Most of time with input from architects.
The gc sometimes performs some of the scopes of work, depending on how the prime contract is written. The gc or “construction manager” hires subcontractors to perform scopes ie mep, civil and structural.

The architects didn’t build the building. Who built the building?

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damn, I didn't know that

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With allegations and innuendo flying left and right about plagiarism, backroom vote-rigging and undue political influence on what’s supposed to be an apolitical selection process, the controversy surrounding the selection of an architect for the $21 million downtown library is nearing a boiling point. There’s even talk now of an ongoing FBI investigation.

Trahan Architects principal Trey Trahan claims he lost the contract on May 19 because information meant to paint him as a plagiarist was circulated among members of the selection committee prior to the final vote. Trahan was the leading vote getter in the first round of voting by the selection committee on April 28.

Trahan’s attorney, Gray Sexton, says he’s learned the information amounted to a rendering by a Netherlands firm for the Czech Republic National Library and was said to bear a resemblance to Trahan’s conceptual design for the downtown library. The rendering was given to Parish Architect Jim Frey by local architects Trula Remson and Jerry Hebert, Sexton says. For a side-by-side look at the designs, click here. (Trahan’s rendering is on the left)

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The architects didn’t build the building. Who built the building?

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Well we don’t really know if it was faulty design, faulty material, faulty geotechnical data, faulty construction, or what at this point.

FIIK

*slow clap*

Wonderful use of all that money to build a library downtown no one wanted except the homeless guys who wanted a PC to find porn to whack it to.

That sucks if so

Damn.. always thought that was a lot of unsupported overhang. A lot of moment about an axis to account for. Wood not want to stamp.

Buquet & Leblanc has a sign on the fence, but the library isn't on their website, so idk.

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"The River Center Branch Library, which is currently under construction on North Boulevard, experienced a settlement event at approximately 4:45pm this afternoon. As a precautionary measure, the surrounding streets and businesses were closed to the public.

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Thank you.
Some lawyer gonna get paid.
This is going to take a long time to figure out who is at fault.
There’s going to be a lot of “you should’ve known that this would happen” finger pointing between the design and construction team.