The City of Vancouver has accused three B.C. companies involved in rehabilitation work on the Granville Street Bridge of failures that are now damaging some sections of structural steel.
According to a recent lawsuit filed in the Supreme Court of B.C., the city completed a rehabilitation project on the bridge from 2019 to 2021 that included replacing some expansion joints connecting parts of the bridge, installing rubber troughs underneath some of the expansion joints to protect structural steel from water run-off and re-coating the structural steel beneath the expansion joints.
The city states that Associated Engineering was responsible for design and inspection of the work, Graham Infrastructure was the general contractor and Ross Rex Industrial Painters was the subcontractor for the painting work.
The city alleges there are several defects and/or deficiencies in the completed work, including not applying caulking, not applying penetrating sealer correctly and installing faulty rubber troughs that allow salty water to spill onto structural steel below.
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Edited by Victoria Watcher, 20 February 2024 - 04:18 AM.