Guest guest Posted December 23, 2001 Report Share Posted December 23, 2001 Saturday, December 22, 2001 Company that built closed school blasts district ASSOCIATED PRESS MADISON -- The company that built an elementary school that has been closed since Nov. 28 because of mold says the school district is going overboard in its efforts to fix the problem. Westra Construction of Waupun accused the district Thursday of an " excessive, unnecessary and wasteful'' investigation into the mold situation at Cesar Chavez Elementary School. The company claimed in a letter to Superintendent Art Rainwater that the efforts were not justified by recognized standards or guidelines. In a second letter, the company said it will play no part in reconstructing the school. " We believe that the district's consultant has created an unreasonable and unrealistic expectation for remediation,'' wrote attorney W. Mullins of Wickwire Gavin, Westra's legal counsel. The school opened in August. After Chavez staff and students complained of persistent upper-respiratory problems, air quality consultant Sharon Bessa found mold behind baseboards in the first-floor kindergarten wing, and then in second-floor rooms in the same wing. District officials have said that a pipe rupture left standing water in the first-floor wing during construction. Bessa recommended closing the school and removing substantial portions of drywall, baseboard, ceiling tiles and fixtures in about one-third of the school's rooms. The work is being done by Superior Special Services of Milwaukee, a mold cleanup company. http://web.duluthnews.com/content/duluth/2001/12/22/local/du_MOLD1222.htm?templa\ te=aprint.htm _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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