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Dive brief:
- Workers building an aircraft hangar in Boise, Idaho it collapsed and killed three people In January, he allegedly informed supervisors of concerns about bent beams, broken cables and other structural problems, the Idaho Statesman reported.
- Employees at the Boise airport workplace raised the issues on Jan. 30, the day before the privately owned hangar collapsed while under construction, according to a police report obtained by the Statesman.
- Meridian, Idaho-based Big D Builders was building the project, the company told Construction Dive after the collapse. The three dead in the collapse were company co-founder Craig Durrant, 59; Mario Sontay Tzi, 32 years old; and Mariano Coc Och, 24 years old.
Diving knowledge:
At least two people employed by Big D Builders told police they had expressed concerns to the project supervisor, and a supervisor at Boise-based Inland Crane who was working on the project said he told Durrant that the beams “didn’t look good,” the Idaho Statesman reported.
Another crane operator allegedly told police the project did not have enough support for the overhead beams, called the practice “very rare” and said there were “cutting corners.”
The Boise Police Department sent its findings to OSHA on February 2nd. The agency does not comment publicly on ongoing investigations, which can often take months.
In an interview with police, Dennis Durrant, owner of Big D Builders and Craig’s brother, acknowledged that the beams were “leaning” before the incident and said he had contacted a manufacturer without name because of inadequate supports for the hangar frame, the Statesman reported.
The brothers were working in the middle of the job site when they heard breaking noises and ran to the perimeter, and Dennis Durrant told police the building “came down in seconds,” according to the Statesman.
