24 Terrace Review — Wednesday, June 25, 1986
Library in need
of major repairs

A preliminary engin-
eering study has revealed
serious structural
damage in the roof sup-
ports of the Terrace
Public Library. In a
memorandum to Terrace
council, municipal
engineer Ralph Keen has
recommended complete
replacement of all the
horizontal beams in the
roof of the building.

At the June 23 council
meeting, Ald. Robert
Cooper said that the city
has been aware of the
problem for some time,
and he attributed the
failure to a design defect
which allows water to
penetrate the exposed
ends of the beams and
travel through the centre
of the wood, rotting the
beams from the inside
out. He added that sup-
port brackets had been
installed previously, but
he said that the discovery
that the beams were rot-
ted nearly throughout
their entire length made
such a remedy pointless,

The engineering
report, prepared by John
Siefken of Peterson
Engineering, recom-
mends the immediate
replacement of all the
beams. Siefken states
that the rot has advanced
to the extent that there

has been a noticeable set-
tling of the roof deck in
the areas where the roof
meets the walls. In addi-
tion to the rotting of
solid wooden timbers in
the centre and east wings
of the building, the
laminated beams in the
newer west wing have

unaccountably devel-

oped serious cracks, a
phenomenon which
Siefken states is inex-
plicable without a closer
investigation.

The current municipal
budget has a $5,500 pro-
vision for replacing the
ends of the beams, but
Keen pointed out that
the expenditure would be
futile in: view of the
engineer’s findings. He
recommended instead
that the money be used

for a detailed study of |

the structure, and that an
appropriate fund be set
aside in the 1987 budget
for extensive repairs. In
the interim time, Siefken
strongly recommends
that during the coming
winter, the library roof
will have to be shoveled
regularly to clear it of
snow and ice loading.
The engineer’s recom-
mendations were refer-
red by council to Recrea-
tion, Parks and Library

Committee for further —

consideration.

Schooi board — continued from page 3

awards and isolation pay
were not addressed in the
announcement, a pro-
bable indication that the
board has decided to
deal with one issue at a
time.

John Eades, president
of the TDTA, responded
to the initiative by
stating that the teachers’
bargaining committee
had found several faults
in the proposal, and con-
sequently the agreement

will not be recommended
to the membership.

At latest report the
TDTA executive is draft-
ing a counter-proposal
for presentation to the
special board meeting on
June 24. Meanwhile, in
the closing days of the
school year, the Terrace
teachers’ instruction-
only job action continues
and will resume in
September unless an
agreement on all issues is
signed.

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