Swain County library reports Dec. 16 retaining-wall collapse; contractor accepts responsibility
Library director Ellen Snodgrass told the Swain County board that a retaining wall behind the library shifted during excavation on Dec. 16. No one was injured; the contractor accepted financial responsibility, new drawings were produced at no charge, and staff say regrading and construction will take about four weeks while the library remains open.
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Ellen Snodgrass provided the Swain County Board of Commissioners with an update on construction at the county library, reporting that a retaining wall collapsed during excavation on Dec. 16 and that no one was injured. She described the original wall as composed of concrete blocks and bags of sacrete without proper rebar and said the excavation encountered poor subsoil and deeper footings required by frost code.
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