Monday, November 8, 2010

No victims in Centergy Parking Deck collapse - Atlanta Business Chronicle:

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Harry Gleich, spokesman for Metromont, made the comment at a mid-day news conference Tuesday near the parking Gleich said the deck isa pre-fabricated, pre-cast concrete structure that was builty eight years ago and is the same designb at 60 percent of the parking structures in the Unitef States. The cause of the “pancake where a section of the fourtbh floor fell ontothe third, second and firsf floors, is still under investigation. As of noon Stewart reported 60 cars had been towed out of the deck to a parkingg lot at 8th andSpring Greenville, S.C.-based Metromont has a planyt in Hiram, Ga. Gleich said both plantd built sections ofthe deck.
A portionh of the Centergy Parking Deck collapsed early Monday afternoonj near the intersection of Sprintg and5th Streets, damaging or destroying 38 Gleich said company engineers spenty the night doing a visual inspection of the deck, and have shores up possible weak areas by using 6x6 woodemn supports. Atlanta Fire Department spokeman Bobby Stewart said firefightersare "very fortunate to have found no victims" in the collapse. Beginning at 5 owners will be able to claim theird vehicles atthe lot. Owners can send an e-mail to centergyparking@gofifthstreet.
comk and provide their name, e-mailo address, cell and work phone numbers, make and modeol of car, color of car, and license plate Stewart said emergency personnel willsearch "every every vehicle" of the parking deck to make sure there are no victimss of the collapse. The Atlanta Fire Department has set upa 404-546-2374, for anyone who fears they know someone who may be missingt in the collapse.

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