So many people knew something wasn’t right at the 116-year-old Davenport apartment building.
the shaky wall. The head of a masonry company who wouldn’t let his workers onto the site. The city inspector who threatened to close some units. A downtown official who called 911 and asked firefighters to take a look. And tenants who told of cracks in their floors and walls.
“The owner of this building was aware, the city of Davenport was aware, the engineering companies and construction people were aware. This was a completely preventable tragedy,” said lawyer Andrew M. Stroth, who is part of a team who filedon behalf of tenants Lexus Berry and Peach Berry, whose leg was amputated when she was trapped in rubble.
Dixon was told she could pull up her carpet and, when she did, she found “very big cracks in the cement” and a crumbling foundation, which concerned her the most. “I had brought that to their attention – to the management office – and nothing came from it. They more or less just didn’t care,” Dixon said in an interview.
The response on May 4 was “there are no structural deficiencies within the building,” a screenshot of the email shows. “We have had the building approved by a structural engineer." In a report later in February, Valliere described “a large void space” where brick had collapsed within the wall, putting pressure on the façade. “This will soon cause a large panel of façade to also collapse, creating a safety problem and potentially destabilizing the upper areas of brick façade,” the report states.
Shaffer said Wold rejected the quote as too costly, in part because Shaffer had estimated the need to spend about $50,000 on shoring and supporting the building. Without those protections, Shaffer toldShaffer was left shaken by what he saw and said that on Friday, only two days before the collapse, he told workers at the building, “Get away. You're going to die.
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