  Detroitrise Member Username: Detroitrise Post Number: 2712 Registered: 09-2007 |
http://www.detnews.com/apps/pb cs.dll/article?AID=20088070703 85 the outage was caused by a failure of the building's sump pumps that led to flooding in the building's basement which then shorted out primary and secondary transformers. According to the office of Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, employees are allowed to use vacation or compensatory time or receive no pay time during the time when the building will be closed. All employees involved in essential work who are required to report to work today will be notified by their supervisors. Buildings & Safety Engineering Department Inspectors working from Cadillac Tower last week should report to the building at their regularly scheduled time. http://www.detnews.com/apps/pb cs.dll/article?AID=20088070403 59 The re-opening of the Coleman A. Young Municipal Center has been delayed at least until Wednesday so cleanup crews can continue to remove soot and the facility be declared safe. On June 27, the center closed when a fire and power loss occurred after a lightning strike caused a power surge that damaged three transformers that power the building. This is strange, the weather's finally getting to our old mid-rises all of a sudden (even the occupied ones). | ||
Johnlodge Member Username: Johnlodge Post Number: 7488 Registered: 10-2003 |
Yeah. Strange how once an F.B.I. investigation starts, all the city offices are closed due to unlikely mishaps! Hopefully they have generators to run those paper shredders. | ||
Detroitrise Member Username: Detroitrise Post Number: 2713 Registered: 09-2007 |
Hmm, I'm not sure what the CT has to do with the city government. Lord knows if this is the situation, then they will need another excuse for tomorrow. | ||
Johnlodge Member Username: Johnlodge Post Number: 7490 Registered: 10-2003 |
The city leases office space in the CT and has employees there. | ||
Detroitrise Member Username: Detroitrise Post Number: 2714 Registered: 09-2007 |
"The city leases office space in the CT and has employees there." Ah, ok. Well, whatever's going on, it certainly is troublesome. | ||
Cub Member Username: Cub Post Number: 567 Registered: 02-2007 |
Planning and Developement is in CT. They need to get thier stuff together, I have some business to take care of with them. | ||
Wolverine Member Username: Wolverine Post Number: 505 Registered: 04-2004 |
Wow a sump pump failure. How 3rd world are Detroit's occupied office buildings? What about backups if one or two pumps fail? Non-electrical powered pumps running off pressure? Backup generators for pumps if there was a power failure? | ||
Raptor56 Member Username: Raptor56 Post Number: 382 Registered: 05-2007 |
Shall we take bets on which building is "closed" next? 1. Water Board Building 2. Police Headquarters 3. First National Building (City Law Dept) | ||
Sumas Member Username: Sumas Post Number: 166 Registered: 01-2008 |
I vote for #3 | ||
Digitalvision Member Username: Digitalvision Post Number: 959 Registered: 11-2003 |
I think it's a budget stabilization measure... | ||
Viziondetroit Member Username: Viziondetroit Post Number: 1789 Registered: 11-2003 |
lol... that is a good call. I wouldn't be surprised if documents came up missing. | ||
Charlottepaul Member Username: Charlottepaul Post Number: 2595 Registered: 10-2006 |
"According to the office of Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, employees are allowed to use vacation or compensatory time or receive no pay time during the time when the building will be closed." That doesn't sound very fair. Was it the employees fault that the building lost power? | ||
Lmichigan Member Username: Lmichigan Post Number: 6098 Registered: 10-2003 |
Wolv, I know that you must realize how old and poorly maintained many of these downtown towers, are, and most of it has nothing to do with Detroit. The owners of the Cadillac Tower (who also own the Penobscot, and the First National, I think) are absentee landlords from New York City. | ||
Charlottepaul Member Username: Charlottepaul Post Number: 2599 Registered: 10-2006 |
Yes, it is VERY costly to maintain a building older than fifty years old (let alone rehab one that has sat vacant for 20 years). That is why new buildings are built for a life span of about fifty years. | ||
Wolverine Member Username: Wolverine Post Number: 512 Registered: 04-2004 |
Well, maybe it's not fair to call them 3rd world or even poorly maintained, rather technically challenged. It's pathetic they don't have the systems to keep the worst from happening. It makes me wonder about the rest of the building's infrastructure. A broken sump is a big deal, and it's not a matter of how costly it is to install one, it's a necessity. (Message edited by wolverine on July 09, 2008) |
