Posted April 8, 201411 yr comment_46134 Paul Friesen @friesensunmedia 53m Breaking News: Stadium flooding exposes more design flaws at IGF. Around one-third of suites are flooded, source says. #Bombers Paul Friesen @friesensunmedia 51m Source says water from melting snow on roof flowing up against suite doors and through celings at IGF. #Bombers Paul Friesen @friesensunmedia 49m Source says repairs will be in the "hundreds of thousands." #Bombers CEO W. Miller downplays flooding as "a little water from spring thaw." Paul Friesen @friesensunmedia 49m #Bombers CEO W Miller says builder or designer, not team, will be on the hook for repairs or redesign. Darrin Bauming @DarrinBauming 47m I have a friend in construction who told me last year more problems may arise at Investors Group Field come its first spring. Sure enough. Paul Friesen @friesensunmedia 47m #Bombers CEO Wade Miller refused Sun's request to have access to stadium and see damage, first-hand. "You're not getting in there."
April 8, 201411 yr comment_46135 Will be curious to see how Paul Friesen spins this to place blame on the WFC.
April 8, 201411 yr comment_46136 This is what happens when you get an architect with no experience designing a stadium. I'm sure if a firm with experience in designing stadiums had designed IGF the number of flaws emerging after construction would be lessened
April 8, 201411 yr comment_46140 Oh well, now they can pick whatever colours are in this spring. Insurance should cover this. The stadium insurers will pay the claim & subrogate against the insurers of the architect, sub trades or construction companies. This shouldn't cost the Bombers anything. If it is determined to be shoddy, faulty design or workmanship the responsible parties insurers will pay.
April 8, 201411 yr comment_46141 Jeebus. I can't read the comments on the Sun article without breathing through my mouth and drooling on keyboard a little.
April 8, 201411 yr comment_46147 Jeebus. I can't read the comments on the Sun article without breathing through my mouth and drooling on keyboard a little. Why be different from all the other Suncor readers/viewers?
April 8, 201411 yr comment_46153 Jeebus. I can't read the comments on the Sun article without breathing through my mouth and drooling on keyboard a little. does it look something like this?
April 8, 201411 yr comment_46155 This is what happens when you get an architect with no experience designing a stadium. I'm sure if a firm with experience in designing stadiums had designed IGF the number of flaws emerging after construction would be lessened Who says it's a design flaw. We just had the worst winter in over 100 years. A building can be designed to withstand weather much worse than normal but not a lot are designed to meet once in a century conditions.
April 8, 201411 yr comment_46157 Jeebus. I can't read the comments on the Sun article without breathing through my mouth and drooling on keyboard a little. does it look something like this? Silly, disgusting, accurate , funny!
April 8, 201411 yr comment_46163 This is what happens when you get an architect with no experience designing a stadium. I'm sure if a firm with experience in designing stadiums had designed IGF the number of flaws emerging after construction would be lessened Who says it's a design flaw. We just had the worst winter in over 100 years. A building can be designed to withstand weather much worse than normal but not a lot are designed to meet once in a century conditions. It's a design flaw, and partly due to the cheapness of both the design and build. Corners were cut all over the place to come even close to the amount BBB Stadium was willing to pay as they added more and more features to the design to make it functional for a football team, but at least we got the sweet arches! Every part of the stadium has problems with drainage except for the concourse.
April 8, 201411 yr comment_46165 Would they not have noticed water getting last year. I know the building was not totally finished but would of been to the point where they could of seen water enter it. Probably not a issue in a normal weather year.
April 8, 201411 yr comment_46166 This is what happens when you get an architect with no experience designing a stadium. I'm sure if a firm with experience in designing stadiums had designed IGF the number of flaws emerging after construction would be lessened Who says it's a design flaw. We just had the worst winter in over 100 years. A building can be designed to withstand weather much worse than normal but not a lot are designed to meet once in a century conditions. Bad winter... not actually much water in what precipitation we did have however. Look at the flood outlook, they aren't predicting a bad one because the snow we got was so low in density (less liquid from melting)
April 8, 201411 yr comment_46171 I wonder if this will be blamed on Butcrack or Mack somehow? Sure, why not? He was in on the planning as GM. Remember a story came out saying he told the Bombers BOG that the open press box was a mistake? You go first.
April 8, 201411 yr comment_46172 Jeebus. I can't read the comments on the Sun article without breathing through my mouth and drooling on keyboard a little. does it look something like this? Silly, disgusting, accurate , funny! Whoa, easy....You'll hurt yourself.
April 8, 201411 yr comment_46173 This is what happens when you get an architect with no experience designing a stadium. I'm sure if a firm with experience in designing stadiums had designed IGF the number of flaws emerging after construction would be lessened Who says it's a design flaw. We just had the worst winter in over 100 years. A building can be designed to withstand weather much worse than normal but not a lot are designed to meet once in a century conditions. This is what happens when you get an architect with no experience designing a stadium. I'm sure if a firm with experience in designing stadiums had designed IGF the number of flaws emerging after construction would be lessened Who says it's a design flaw. We just had the worst winter in over 100 years. A building can be designed to withstand weather much worse than normal but not a lot are designed to meet once in a century conditions. This is what happens when you get an architect with no experience designing a stadium. I'm sure if a firm with experience in designing stadiums had designed IGF the number of flaws emerging after construction would be lessened Who says it's a design flaw. We just had the worst winter in over 100 years. A building can be designed to withstand weather much worse than normal but not a lot are designed to meet once in a century conditions. Who says it isn't?
April 8, 201411 yr comment_46174 It's an outdoor stadium, and the outdoor elements caused damage. If the club wasn't getting things repaired, that would be news. Yes this is a disappointment, but should be a warranty repair by the contractor. As a great man once said, "Non-issue, handled internally. Not talking about it. There we go, we’re done."
April 9, 201411 yr comment_46177 Guess we now know why IGF is receiving "winterizing" funding from the Province. Had a proper designer and builder been hired from the get go.......................
April 9, 201411 yr comment_46186 Winnipeg wanted a waterpark and a stadium. That's what they call killing two turds with one flush. Whoever 'they' are.......
April 9, 201411 yr comment_46187 If only they hadn't built it in the first place, this would never have happened.
April 9, 201411 yr comment_46189 RG, wasn't that was the Toilet bowl that the guy from Canad Inns hotels wanted to build at Assiniboia Downs in 2007? That was flushed pretty quickly.
April 9, 201411 yr comment_46191 No need for it now Iso, when you build a lemon make lemonade. Get the old slides in from Skinners and BAM, we will be sliding by the weekend.
April 9, 201411 yr comment_46211 The self-entitlement from Friesen is stomach-turning. If Miller says there's nothing to see, then back off...
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