THE COLLAPSE of a storage shed roof attached to the city public works building caused a general
evacuation of the structure. The employees moved back in after an engineer determined ther was no
danger Provided snow was not allowed to build up on the roof. About $50,000 in damage was caused.

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TERRACE — A. temporary
evacuation of the city’s public
works building ended last week
after a structural engineer pro-
nounced it safe,

Last week inside workers
were temporarily assigned to
work places in the arena and at
city hall following the collapse
of a wood-framed section at-

tached to the public works —
building. The addition was be-—

ing used as a vehicle and equip-
ment storage area,

Director of engineering Stew
Christensen said Lapointe
Engineering had inspected the
main building and concluded it
could be “safely occupied’
provided roof loadings were

restricted to 20 lbs/sq.ft. That.

was equivalent to 18 inches of
snow or a four inch ice layer, he
added.

He said that restriction would
remain in

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place until a
laminated beam supporting the

“Roof coll pses

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corner of the building was
replaced. The shifting of a
Similar support beam is
suspected as being the cause of
the collapse of the addition
which occured sometime bet-
ween noon and midnight on
Sunday, Feb. 18.

Christensen said the cave-in
was discovered by winter
maintenance personnel arriving

for’ the graveyard shift. The

walls of the 70 foot square
structure had fallen outwards
causing the roof to drop straight
down, A paint booth inside the
building was still standing but
collapsed the next afternoon
while an insurance adjustor was
assessing the earlier damage.

_ Although there was 18 inches
of snow and four inches of ice
on the roof at the time of the

‘ collapse, he said the estimated

35 pounds per square foot
weight load was not thought to
have been factor in the collapse.

Christensen said work to

repair a. section of the.. -main’

building wall damaged in’ the - -
collapse would begin .im-—
mediately and an estimate. was
being obtained on the cost.of
removing the remaining
laminated... beam ~ and.
substituting a. concrete block

wall.

Estimating. replacement cost
_of the collapsed portion at up to

‘ $50,000, he said no decision had

been made yet: on -whether to
rebuild on the same location or
construct a new and separate

. storage area.

While most equipment ‘and
vehicles stored in the building
had escaped with little or no
damage, he said two pick-ups
were likely write-offs. Hawever,,
he added, they were both more
than 10 years old.

The building had also : con-
tained 15 plastic 45 gallon
drums of hydrofluorisic acid —
used to fluoridate the city’s
water. supply — but no leaks
had been detected to date.

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