Published: January 20, 2012
Tags: Advance Cast Stone, C.D. Smith, C.D. Smith Construction, Dietz Drafting & Design, Findorff, J.H. Findorff & Son, Jared Kellner, O'Donnell Park, O'Donnell Park parking garage
The Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors is scheduled to vote Feb. 2 on a potential $50,000 contract with a law firm to prosecute the county’s claims against two companies involved in construction and maintenance of the O’Donnell Park parking garage.
Published: August 3, 2011
Tags: Advance Cast Stone, C.D. Smith Construction, Dietz Drafting and Design, Findorff, J.H. Findorff and Son, Jared Kellner, lawsuit, O'Donnell Park, O'Donnell Park parking garage
By Jack Zemlicka A civil trial stemming from the fatal accident at the O’Donnell Park parking garage last summer won’t begin for almost two years. At a scheduling conference Wednesday, Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Dennis Moroney set a May 1, 2013, trial date for a trio of lawsuits consolidated in his court. On June [...]
Published: December 1, 2010
Tags: Advance Cast Stone, blog, collapse, Hot Topics, J.H. Findorff & Son, Judiciary, Lanane, lawsuit, Milwaukee County, O'Donnell, O'Donnell Park parking garage, Safety and General Services committee, Schoewe
By Joe Lanane
staff writer
On Thursday, the Milwaukee County Judiciary, Safety and General Services committee will consider hiring legal representation if/when lawsuits are filed stemming from the June 24 accident in which a 34-foot piece of facade collapsed and killed a 15-year-old boy and seriously injured two others.
Published: September 8, 2010
Tags: ACUITY Facade Inspection, Advance Cast Stone, collapse, CTLGroup, façade, J.H. Findorff & Son, O'Donnell Park, parking garage, Walker
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By Joe Lanane An independent inspection of the O’Donnell Park parking structure confirms nearly every facade panel on the building was installed incorrectly, according to Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker. Seventy-six of those panels pose an immediate safety risk, Walker said. Walker said it would cost an estimated $300,000 to remove the remaining panels and [...]
Published: August 2, 2010
Tags: Advance Cast Stone, Graef-USA, Inspec, Milwaukee County, Milwaukee County Correctional Facility-South, Milwaukee County Transit System, Milwaukee Public Museum, O'Donnell Park, parking garage, Scott Walker, Transit Center
By Justin Kern Special to The Daily Reporter Officials on Monday began determining the extent and cost of fixing the panels on the Milwaukee County Transit Center, one of two structures found by building inspectors to have problems during emergency inspections. Those inspections were prompted after a 13-ton concrete panel fell from the O‘Donnell Park [...]
Published: July 31, 2010
Tags: Advance Cast Stone, collapse, O'Donnell Park, panel, parking structure, Scott Walker
MILWAUKEE (AP) – Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker made the strongest statement yet by a county official about what caused a concrete panel to fall from a parking structure and kill a teenager. Walker said no evidence has surfaced suggesting any cause for the June 24 accident other than the method of attachment of the [...]
Published: July 19, 2010
Tags: Advance Cast Stone, concrete panels, J.H. Findorff & Son, Miller Meier Kenyon Cooper, O'Donnell Park, parking garage
Dave Umhoefer and Steve Schultze Milwaukee Journal Sentinel MILWAUKEE (AP) — J.H. Findorff & Son Inc. was the consulting firm responsible for ensuring the O’Donnell Park structure followed engineering plans and for inspecting work for quality, including changes made in the project, according to contract documents obtained by the Journal Sentinel. The firm has downplayed [...]
