Parking garage panels not installed according to plan, Walker says

By ASSOCIATED PRESS   Thursday, Sept. 9, 2010
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MILWAUKEE (AP) — Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker says nearly all the concrete panels on a parking structure that collapsed June 24 were not installed according to plan.

An independent firm started investigating after a 13-ton fascade slab fell off the structure, killing 15-year-old Jared Kellner a Greenfield resident who had grown up in East Troy.

Kellner's friend, Eric Wosinski of East Troy, and Eric's mother, Amy Wosinski, also were injured in the accident.

Walker says only four of the 296 panels were installed according to original plans and the county has found no authorization for the change.

The firm did not investigate why the slab fell. The district attorney and sheriff are investigating that.

Walker also recommended the county take off the facades, which would cost about $5.4 million. The county board has to sign off on the decision, which would keep the structure open.

The county is considering legal action to recoup costs.




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