COLISEUM PRESS BOX GETS CLEAN BILL OF HEALTH.Byline: David Bloom David Bloom (May 22, 1963 – April 6, 2003) was an NBC journalist (co-anchor of Weekend Today and reporter) until his sudden death in 2003 at the age of 39. Early life Daily News Staff Writer The Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. Memorial Coliseum's press box has been given a final certificate of occupancy A document issued by a local building or Zoning authority to the owner of premises attesting that the premises have been built and maintained according to the provisions of building or zoning ordinances, such as those that govern the number of fire exits or the safety of Tuesday by city building inspectors The following articles relate to the topic of building inspector:
The press box had been the subject of repeated testing for allegedly defective welds. Coliseum Coliseum: see Colosseum. General Manager Pat Lynch told the Coliseum Commission on Wednesday that the certificate of occupancy was issued Tuesday, allowing its full use with no restrictions. ``That's our stamp of approval that the press box is safe,'' Lynch said. ``This process was incredibly trying for us. We lived to a much, much higher standard of inspections than is usual.'' The 13,904-square-foot, two-story structure was basically completed a year ago to replace a much smaller press box badly damaged in the 1994 Northridge Earthquake The Northridge earthquake occurred on January 17, 1994 at 4:31 AM Pacific Standard Time in the city of Los Angeles, California. The earthquake had a "strong" moment magnitude of 6. . But because of delays in some paperwork and other certifications, the certificate of occupancy was never issued, even though the building was used regularly during events last fall and winter at the Coliseum. The lack of a final permit became an issue this summer when questions were raised about the quality of welds holding together the structural steel skeleton of the box. After the issues were raised, the city required pre-approval before the box could be used in any event. A series of outside inspection firms were brought in to check the welds and replace bad ones. Lynch said as many as five city inspectors at a time were overseeing replacement of suspect welds. ``We did whatever we had to do to get it certified as safe,'' Lynch said. ``I'm very, very happy. It's done.'' The commission was also told by a consultant, Gerard Quinn of David M. Griffith & Associates, that $4.6 million in state disaster repair reimbursements should be received as soon as Monday. The Coliseum Commission already has received $88.9 million in federal and state quake Quake - A string-oriented language designed to support the construction of Modula-3 programs from modules, interfaces and libraries. Written by Stephen Harrison of DEC SRC, 1993. repair funds to reimburse it for work on the Coliseum and Sports Arena, Quinn said. The final $4.8 million in approved funds from the state and federal governments won't be released for months or years, until after a final audit is completed of spending, Quinn said. |
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