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Commission hears technical testimony on Crown Terrace collapse; urges DBI to secure open cut
Summary
After a Dec. 16 shoring incident at 125 Crown Terrace that sent a house sliding, developers, engineers and neighbors testified. Commissioners, advised by the City Attorney to avoid actions that could bias investigations, urged Director Tom Hui to prioritize immediate work to stabilize and secure the open cut before winter rains.
The Building Inspection Commission heard extensive testimony on Jan. 15 about the Dec. 16, 2013 Crown Terrace job-site incident in which site preparation caused an existing single-family house to come off its shoring and slide down the slope. City Attorney representative John Malamet advised the commission to take public comment and avoid actions that could undermine ongoing DBI and City Attorney investigations.
Project team members and technical consultants addressed the panel. Rodrigo Santos, the project’s structural engineer, apologized and said the team "take[s] full responsibility for it" and described a comprehensive design review by the department’s Structural Advisory Committee. Luke O’Brien, speaking for the project sponsor, described the failure as an "implementation problem, not a violation of processes or codes," and asked…
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