Paul Friesen ‏@friesensunmedia  53m

Breaking News: Stadium flooding exposes more design flaws at IGF. Around one-third of suites are flooded, source says. #Bombers

 

Paul Friesen ‏@friesensunmedia  51m

Source says water from melting snow on roof flowing up against suite doors and through celings at IGF. #Bombers

 

Paul Friesen ‏@friesensunmedia  49m

Source says repairs will be in the "hundreds of thousands." #Bombers CEO W. Miller downplays flooding as "a little water from spring thaw."

 

Paul Friesen ‏@friesensunmedia  49m

#Bombers CEO W Miller says builder or designer, not team, will be on the hook for repairs or redesign.

 

Darrin Bauming ‏@DarrinBauming  47m

I have a friend in construction who told me last year more problems may arise at Investors Group Field come its first spring. Sure enough.

 

Paul Friesen ‏@friesensunmedia  47m

#Bombers CEO Wade Miller refused Sun's request to have access to stadium and see damage, first-hand. "You're not getting in there."

Will be curious to see how Paul Friesen spins this to place blame on the WFC.

This is what happens when you get an architect with no experience designing a stadium.  I'm sure if a firm with experience in designing stadiums had designed IGF the number of flaws emerging after construction would be lessened

All of a sudden, that open air press box doesn't seem so bad. 

Oh well, now they can pick whatever colours are in this spring. Insurance should cover this. The stadium insurers will pay the claim & subrogate against the insurers of the architect, sub trades or construction companies. This shouldn't cost the Bombers anything. If it is determined to be shoddy, faulty design or workmanship the responsible parties insurers will pay. 

Jeebus.

I can't read the comments on the Sun article without breathing through my mouth and drooling on keyboard a little.

I wonder if this will be blamed on Butcrack or Mack somehow?

Jeebus.

I can't read the comments on the Sun article without breathing through my mouth and drooling on keyboard a little.

Why be different from all the other Suncor readers/viewers?

Jeebus.

I can't read the comments on the Sun article without breathing through my mouth and drooling on keyboard a little.

does it look something like this?

This is what happens when you get an architect with no experience designing a stadium. I'm sure if a firm with experience in designing stadiums had designed IGF the number of flaws emerging after construction would be lessened

Who says it's a design flaw. We just had the worst winter in over 100 years. A building can be designed to withstand weather much worse than normal but not a lot are designed to meet once in a century conditions.

Jeebus.

I can't read the comments on the Sun article without breathing through my mouth and drooling on keyboard a little.

does it look something like this?

Silly, disgusting, accurate , funny!

 

This is what happens when you get an architect with no experience designing a stadium. I'm sure if a firm with experience in designing stadiums had designed IGF the number of flaws emerging after construction would be lessened

Who says it's a design flaw. We just had the worst winter in over 100 years. A building can be designed to withstand weather much worse than normal but not a lot are designed to meet once in a century conditions.

 

 

It's a design flaw, and partly due to the cheapness of both the design and build.  Corners were cut all over the place to come even close to the amount BBB Stadium was willing to pay as they added more and more features to the design to make it functional for a football team, but at least we got the sweet arches!  

 

Every part of the stadium has problems with drainage except for the concourse.

Would they not have noticed water getting last year. I know the building was not totally finished but would of been to the point where they could of seen water enter it. Probably not a issue in a normal weather year.

 

This is what happens when you get an architect with no experience designing a stadium. I'm sure if a firm with experience in designing stadiums had designed IGF the number of flaws emerging after construction would be lessened

Who says it's a design flaw. We just had the worst winter in over 100 years. A building can be designed to withstand weather much worse than normal but not a lot are designed to meet once in a century conditions.

 

 

 

Bad winter... not actually much water in what precipitation we did have however.

 

Look at the flood outlook, they aren't predicting a bad one because the snow we got was so low in density (less liquid from melting)

I wonder if this will be blamed on Butcrack or Mack somehow?

Sure, why not? He was in on the planning as GM. Remember a story came out saying he told the Bombers BOG that the open press box was a mistake?  You go first.

 

 

Jeebus.

I can't read the comments on the Sun article without breathing through my mouth and drooling on keyboard a little.

does it look something like this?

Silly, disgusting, accurate , funny!

 

Whoa, easy....You'll hurt yourself. 

 

This is what happens when you get an architect with no experience designing a stadium. I'm sure if a firm with experience in designing stadiums had designed IGF the number of flaws emerging after construction would be lessened

Who says it's a design flaw. We just had the worst winter in over 100 years. A building can be designed to withstand weather much worse than normal but not a lot are designed to meet once in a century conditions.

 

 

 

This is what happens when you get an architect with no experience designing a stadium. I'm sure if a firm with experience in designing stadiums had designed IGF the number of flaws emerging after construction would be lessened

Who says it's a design flaw. We just had the worst winter in over 100 years. A building can be designed to withstand weather much worse than normal but not a lot are designed to meet once in a century conditions.

 

 

 

This is what happens when you get an architect with no experience designing a stadium. I'm sure if a firm with experience in designing stadiums had designed IGF the number of flaws emerging after construction would be lessened

Who says it's a design flaw. We just had the worst winter in over 100 years. A building can be designed to withstand weather much worse than normal but not a lot are designed to meet once in a century conditions.

 

Who says it isn't? 

 

It's an outdoor stadium, and the outdoor elements caused damage.  If the club wasn't getting things repaired, that would be news.  Yes this is a disappointment, but should be a warranty repair by the contractor.  

 

As a great man once said, "Non-issue, handled internally. Not talking about it. There we go, we’re done."

Guess we now know why IGF is receiving "winterizing" funding from the Province. Had a proper designer and builder been hired from the get go.......................

Winnipeg wanted a waterpark and a stadium.  That's what they call killing two turds with one flush.

 

Whoever 'they' are.......

If only they hadn't built it in the first place, this would never have happened.

RG, wasn't that was the Toilet bowl that the guy from Canad Inns hotels wanted to build at Assiniboia Downs in 2007? That was flushed pretty quickly.

No need for it now Iso, when you build a lemon make lemonade.  Get the old slides in from Skinners and BAM, we will be sliding by the weekend.

That's cruel RG but funny.

The self-entitlement from Friesen is stomach-turning. If Miller says there's nothing to see, then back off...

The self-entitlement from Friesen is stomach-turning. If Miller says there's nothing to see, then back off...

I know poop that thinks Friesen stinks ...