Comments on: Salem government building being vacated

By: Black Eye For LEED? Salem’s Courthouse Square Fails New Tests / The Builders Counsel Blog : A Construction Law Perspective from a Washington Construction Lawyer : Green Building, LEED, Public Contracting

Tue, 01 Mar 2011 18:45:11 +0000

[…] But, structural problems in the building’s core were discovered as early as 2002, writes Chris Cheatham of Green Building Law Update. Final tests earlier in the year, determined that the building had to be vacated. The building has been clear since July 2010. […]

By: Causes determined for Courthouse Square problems « Daily Journal of Commerce – Building and Construction News in Portland, Oregon and the Pacific Northwest

Fri, 21 Jan 2011 23:05:05 +0000

[…] county had to move all of its offices out of the 10-year-old, $34 million Courthouse Square building in September after the structure was […]

By: ReiserLegal.com: Black Eye For LEED? Salem’s Courthouse Square Fails New Tests - AEC Forensics

Fri, 15 Oct 2010 20:13:55 +0000

By: LEEDdaily » Structural Issues in a LEED Building Force Occupants to Leave

LEEDdaily » Structural Issues in a LEED Building Force Occupants to Leave — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:50:44 +0000

[…] and loose tiles. But it was not until July 2010 that the Courthouse Square building had to be vacated due to structural problems: “Henderson said the county started monitoring the floor in 2008 after an evaluation by David […]

By: Salem orders Courthouse Square vacated « Daily Journal of Commerce – Building and Construction News in Portland, Oregon and the Pacific Northwest

Wed, 04 Aug 2010 19:43:37 +0000

[…] where bearing a weight that is more than code allows. The finding caused the county to state it would vacate the building in 90 […]

By: $1.8M settlement reached for Courthouse Square « Daily Journal of Commerce – Building and Construction News in Portland, Oregon and the Pacific Northwest

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 23:08:15 +0000

[…] last week determined the building was too unsafe to occupy and told tenants to vacate the premises within 90 days. A $500,000 engineering study will soon be under way to find out what […]

By: K D

K D — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 01:16:03 +0000

Perhaps the General Contractor, sub-contractors, building inspectors, architects & engineers could just own their ‘stuff’ and admit corners were cut and substandard planning, construction and inspections occurred. For someone to claim they didn’t do anything incorrectly would be a direct contradiction to the factual evidence the building is falling apart. What further proof is needed? The building and bus mall is failing. Please do not offend the sensiblities of the public and deny what is obvious…. someone messed up at a huge expense to the taxpayers.

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Fri, 23 Jul 2010 20:27:08 +0000

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By: Steve Jacobson

Steve Jacobson — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 22:55:27 +0000

The unfortunate design anomalies in this project should in no-way reflect upon the General Contractor, who has a decades-long history of successful project deliveries and customer service throughout the western United States. Sj