Wall repair to finish ‘ahead of schedule’

Friday, May 18, 2012

THE Taft Property Venture Development Corp., developer of the Horizons 101 condominium project on Gen. Maxilom Ave., is fast-tracking the restoration of the retaining wall that collapsed last month.

In a news conference yesterday, Horizons 101 project manager Engr. Oscar Umali said they are expected to finish the repair by the first week of June.

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Umali said they are four days ahead of schedule, mainly because the repair is being done 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

7-step solution

He said theyre into their 35th day of repair, after promising the Cebu City Government to finish it in 60 days.

Following the collapse of their previous retaining wall, the Gaisano-owned firm adopted a seven-step solution to prevent a repeat of the incident.

This included, among others, rebuilding a stronger wall, repairing the damaged houses and installing a soldier pile, a 26-piece, 12-meter steel pile to support a portion of the collapsed wall.

With the new retaining wall, Umali assured that last months incident will not be repeated.

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