SALEM, Ore. (AP) — An engineering company that detailed the faults in the construction of Salem’s Courthouse Square project is expected to be named a representative to the county as it seeks fixes to the multimillion-dollar boondoggle.
The five-story building and bus-mall complex was built in 2000 for $34 million. Last year, engineers determined the building was unsafe because of weak concrete and a defective design, and it has sat unoccupied ever since.
The Salem Statesman Journal reports (http://bit.ly/nlQ4LJ ) the engineering firm Golder Associates Inc. suggested in a report that the county hire an “owners’ representative.” The county is expected to choose Golder as the representative from a field of four candidates.
First on the firm’s agenda will be to seek out companies with ideas for fixing the square.
