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Just read this tonight...
If you have (or use) a cover-all arena (for riding, storage, etc) you need to read this... I know some of the stables in this area use them. The company found out that some of its buildings have structural flaws that can lead to collapse, but because they are on the verge of bankruptcy, they basically aren't doing anything about it.
Customer Warning - Coverall
and an update:
Updated Warning to All Customers - Coverall
Here's the basics:
Recently, Cover-All Building Systems Inc. began a review of designs utilized in some of its building lines. We are no longer able to fund the completion of this review. Although a review is not complete, there has been an initial determination that some of the structural members and connections for some of the spans of certain buildings manufactured by Cover-All Building Systems Inc. may not meet the present combined wind and snow load capacity requirements of applicable building codes.
In light of this initial determination, Cover-All Building Systems Inc. recommends that you engage a structural engineer to perform an analysis of your building to determine whether it meets all applicable building code requirements.
So.....
I dug deeper to find out why they aren't doing anything about it (how many people are going to hire a structural engineer on their own dime?)
On March 24 2010, the company was granted protection under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act (CCAA). Court documents related to its CCAA filing show the company owes $4.4 million to creditors across Canada and the United States, $10.8 million in income taxes and holds nearly $5.5 million in bank debt to CIBC.The papers estimate Cover-All owes a total of $96 million.
The next day, Cover-All halted production and laid-off the majority of its 483 employees.
Cover-All subsidiary Summit Structures was named in a lawsuit relating to the collapse of a Dallas Cowboys training facility. Two men, including one left paralyzed from the waist down, are suing Summit for gross negligence. A report by America’s National Institute of Standards and Technology into the collapse concluded the design of the Cowboys’ structure was flawed.
There have been other cover-all collapses, as well. So if you have a cover-all arena, you might want to think about having a structural engineer check it out... since it sounds like the company is going under and won't do anything about it.
If you have (or use) a cover-all arena (for riding, storage, etc) you need to read this... I know some of the stables in this area use them. The company found out that some of its buildings have structural flaws that can lead to collapse, but because they are on the verge of bankruptcy, they basically aren't doing anything about it.
Customer Warning - Coverall
and an update:
Updated Warning to All Customers - Coverall
Here's the basics:
Recently, Cover-All Building Systems Inc. began a review of designs utilized in some of its building lines. We are no longer able to fund the completion of this review. Although a review is not complete, there has been an initial determination that some of the structural members and connections for some of the spans of certain buildings manufactured by Cover-All Building Systems Inc. may not meet the present combined wind and snow load capacity requirements of applicable building codes.
In light of this initial determination, Cover-All Building Systems Inc. recommends that you engage a structural engineer to perform an analysis of your building to determine whether it meets all applicable building code requirements.
So.....
I dug deeper to find out why they aren't doing anything about it (how many people are going to hire a structural engineer on their own dime?)
On March 24 2010, the company was granted protection under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act (CCAA). Court documents related to its CCAA filing show the company owes $4.4 million to creditors across Canada and the United States, $10.8 million in income taxes and holds nearly $5.5 million in bank debt to CIBC.The papers estimate Cover-All owes a total of $96 million.
The next day, Cover-All halted production and laid-off the majority of its 483 employees.
Cover-All subsidiary Summit Structures was named in a lawsuit relating to the collapse of a Dallas Cowboys training facility. Two men, including one left paralyzed from the waist down, are suing Summit for gross negligence. A report by America’s National Institute of Standards and Technology into the collapse concluded the design of the Cowboys’ structure was flawed.
There have been other cover-all collapses, as well. So if you have a cover-all arena, you might want to think about having a structural engineer check it out... since it sounds like the company is going under and won't do anything about it.