Dumbass contractors :-)

[Aaron Read <aread@speakeasy.net>]

Someone is going to get their rear handed to them for this one...


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Aaron "Bishop" Read             aread@speakeasy.net
FriedBagels Consulting          AOL-IM: readaaron
http://www.friedbagels.com      Boston, MA


http://www.publicopiniononline.com/news/stories/20030702/localnews/581476.html

Borough files objections with FCC over water tank shocks
By CATHY MENTZER
Staff writer

The borough has hired a Louisiana attorney to try to force the owners of 
radio station WCBG-AM 1590 to cease operating long enough for workers to 
finish a 2-million-gallon water storage tank project in Chambers-5 Business 
Park.  The attorney, who specializes in matters involving the Federal 
Communications Commission, filed objections with the FCC in late May to try 
to block WCBG's continued radio broadcasts, according to Borough Solicitor 
Tom Finucane.
(snip)

Construction of the borough's $1.75 million elevated water tank has been on 
hold since October when the builder, CB&I Contractors of Pittsburgh, pulled 
its workers off the job because they were receiving electrical burns from 
radiofrequency (RF) electromagnetic waves being emitted by WCBG's four 
radio towers -- located across Tower Road from the water tank site.
(snip)


He indicated that the borough might take legal action against whomever is 
responsible for the selection of the ill-fated water tank site in 
Chambers-5.  "Within all these arguments, there are other legal issues that 
would go to culpability involved with others that were involved in the 
process," McLaughlin said. "That I can't comment on at this point because 
I'm not aware of all the issues that are going to come into play there. At 
this time all our options are open."  The borough bought the 1.4-acre site 
from Chambersburg Area Development Corp. in February 1999 for 
$35,500.  Borough Water Superintendent Carl Rundquist said last year that 
the borough, which used engineering firm Gannett Fleming Inc. to advise it 
on the project, is responsible for selecting the water tank site.
(snip)