Over 300 |
. throughout British Columbia
may be unsafe and “could.
¢ollapse . under - Heavy

. snowload™ because -of . the
manufacturer’s failure to
produce material to correct

_ quality level, according to a.

recent report commissioned -

by .the ‘Association of
Professional Engineers of
British Columbia.

‘The report; ‘based on a
study done- for

engineer Dr. R.F. Hooley,
P. Eng.; says. .that panel
sections- for pre-fabricated
buildings manufactured in
-Ontario by Wonder Steel
Manufacturing International
Ltd. and its successor, Aztec
Steel Buildings, can collapse
under snowloads less than
the design specifications.

ma

Hooley’s research found
that an acceptable depth for
cross corrugations in the
. trough of the steel panel
would be 1/16 of an inch or.
less: Panels manufactured by
the: Ontario firm vary to as’

much as 3/16 of an inch and |

should .be considered
dangerous, says the report. :

_WARNING GIVEN

The association com-
‘menced its investigation in
1978, following comments
from a number of individual
professional engineers on

Housing
3%

to rise

Residential construction
in Canada will rise by three
per cent in 1979 for a total of

$11.7 billion, Statistics
Canada predicts.

Some areas are expected
to show gains in housing
construction, mainly
Newfoundland, . British

_archea.
_ ~ gorrugated steel < buildin.

» ficials,
‘Engineers

the.
Association by Vancouver’

to warn

the collapse of

In: a. letter to. several
provincial and federal of-
‘the. Professional
Association:
makes _ several
mendations concerning
buildings of this type. |

They recommend that
warning be given that arched
corrugated steel buildings.
constructed from material
produced by Wonder Steel
(and its successors) and sold
by Standard Steel Buildings
of Abbotsford, B.C. (and its —
successors) may be unsafe.

‘They also recommend, in:

the letter, that steps be taken
all owners of
Wonder Steel buildings still.

standing that such structures _/

_should be individually
examined to determine their
Teal load c capacity.

Steps should be taken to
prevent the ‘sale of con-
struction of further
corrugated steel buildings.
from Wonder Steel until the
company provides proof that
the completed buildings are
structurally sound.and will
conform to the provincial
building. code, the"
association recommended.

Similarly arched struc-
tures in B.C. made. from

- material ‘produced by: other

manufacturers should be
checked, they added. -

Columbia and Alberta, with
small increases expected in
Saskatchewan and Ontario.

Housing activity is ex-
pected to drop marginally in
Quebec, and. the Atlantic
Provinces, according to the
agency.

2211, Local 241, 2656.

28 June 1979.

B.C.HYDRO AND
POWER AUTHORITY

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‘ Tendor Forms obtained at the tima of Ingpection. Tenders dua
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these— -
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UNDER SNOW WLOAD

“We feel that a
urgency’ ‘exists ) dnd . that
identification. of buildings

and remedial : measures
ought to be undertaken long -
before further risk. of failure -

faces the “province in. the.
autumn,”

P. Eng., in the letter.

Fraser says the association
heard reports. over the past
few years
collapses, usually under
snow load. Some individual

f

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- Latest styles including 2.and 3 REG. $36 - $42 -

degree of —

says association -
president Russell G. Fraser,

of building

engineers’: ‘examining | “the

. cause of collapse -attributed
- the problem..to design or

erection deficiencies.

Fraser also ‘says.
association was warned by a
Professional Engineer, K.G.

Farquharson, P. Eng., about.

‘four years ago, that nine
known collapses of buildings

“in Salmo, Nakusp, Terrace,

Burns Lake, Granduc Mine,
“Pemberton and ‘Hudson
- Hope had taken place. The

structures included a. ski.

house, two aircraft:hangers,
an equipment shed and four
storage. sheds.

_ provincial ©

‘the

3 Sad possibly unsafe

Farquharson sent several

letters in 1974 and 1975

, about _ the collapses . to the
.Minister of
municipal ‘affairs. ‘Fraser
said the ministry cautioned.

municipalities and building
‘imspectors ‘concerning the

safety of these buildings.
Another. engineer, K.J.
Merson, P. Eng., has

conducted: tests on panels —
manufactured’ by ‘Wonder |

Steel and wrote last year to”
several provincial ministries,
as well as to federal. agen- .
_ the

cies, ‘warning of”

- structural deficiencies in the

buildings. a
. ST am suggesting that steps *
be taken to prevent sale and
‘erection of these buildings
until such time ‘that. the”
manufacturers ‘can. “prove:

that the buildings ° ‘can be |

’ safely used,” wrote Merson. :

The - Professional
‘Engineers | Association :
identified the distributor of _
the panels in B.C. as Miratec
Building Systems, Ltd. in
‘Kelowna, a successor to
Standard Steel Buildings of
- Abbotsford.

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