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Old 07-18-2010, 06:49 AM
 
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If you haven't heard, there was another collapsed facade in the food court of the Trumbull Mall yesterday. Last month, the facade and ceiling at the Taco Bell came crashing down. This time, it was at the Sbarro.

Trumbull's building inspection used to have a reputation for being truly a PITA to deal with. Have they become sloppy now? Or, are they just looking askance when it comes to their largest taxpayer(Westfield) in the town?

http://www.ctpost.com/news/article/S...nth-581318.php
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Old 07-18-2010, 08:45 AM
 
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I heard about this. It's unfortunate that a few people were hurt because of shoddy construction.

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Old 07-18-2010, 09:19 AM
 
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^^^^^^^^^^

Yep, i can just see the gangbangers hanging around in the food court, banging on the walls with John Haymond on speed dial.

Good, Westfield, and perhaps the town of Trumbull's building inspector, deserve what they get.
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Old 07-19-2010, 08:20 PM
 
Location: Greenwich
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I just came from the mall this past weekend.. I guess that's explains the messy food court area?

Anyone else think that new food court design comes from all this falling ceiling?
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Old 07-20-2010, 09:45 AM
 
Location: New England
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IMO expect to see more of this with the type of "skilled laborers" out there these days. Read: Illegals.

Seems like it's coming down to two choices. A crew of Mexicans doing work good enough for Mexico, or over paid underworked union workers doing quality work for 4 times the project cost.

The guys in the middle (Raises hand) are getting squeezed/priced out and can't get work in union spec'd jobs for obvious reasons.

It also doesn't help when most of these jobs are awarded to the lowest bidder. I mean, I'm cheap, but I'm not stupid either.
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Old 07-20-2010, 11:39 AM
 
Location: Tennessee
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The shopping center is set to be revamped so the building inspector may be lenient until most of the construction is finished. However, the article notes that construction was taking place above the food court so the inspector logically should have been conducting routine inspections on areas that would have gone untouched during the renovations. IMO, the Trumbull mall is equivalent to the "dirt mall" in Mallrats and Westfield needs to spend a lot more than $42M to change how it is perceived.
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Old 07-20-2010, 12:40 PM
 
Location: Greenwich
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I don't know the Westfield Trumbull mall always seems "dark" looking inside now better lighting should help.. It's out of the way for me as I live in Greenwich but I don't care for the Stamford mall as well.. Back like 5 years ago it seemed like the mall to too big with hardly anyone really shopping (at least the upper floors) Seems to be ok now.
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