Comments on: Second homeowner in Victoria blames cracked foundation, warped house on sewer project

By: charlie

charlie — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 15:51:14 +0000

What is the point of the article? That AIG is bad. The
had a few cracks in his foundation… not unusual. What
kind of reporting is this. Maybe the point is that ALL
companies are bad???

By: Robin

Robin — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 16:21:34 +0000

Ok who are they related to on the MET council that they keep winning the bid contracts with that kind of history…something smells like rotten fish and looks like they are playing pocket pool with each other.

By: Laurie

Laurie — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 14:20:49 +0000

I am witness to damage caused by construction for new sewer and road construction. My house also shook so bad that I have nails coming thru the sheetrock. County Road 21 in Prior Lake was terrible, the association tennis court had to be replaced because the “slight preexisting cracks turned massive and the retaining wall started to collapes.
not to mention that they higt the gas line three times during the process.

By: Stu Tucker

Stu Tucker — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 14:10:25 +0000

My question is what is the Met Council doing way out in Victoria? I wanted to buy some property about 20 years ago along the 212 bluff just north of Chaska and the Met Council blocked the sale because the proposed project would have required sewer and water. They said the Met range would nevergo that far outside of the Twin Cities. So this just floors me that they are in Victoria now.

By: Johan

Johan — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 13:04:52 +0000

Knowing this contractor and the Damages they cause on other projects along with their seemingly careless attitude towards UTILITIES marked per the legal requirements, they will hit nearly anything and everything within the construction Limits no matter how well they are marked.

They hit numerous Natural Gas Lines and took out a 4″ PHONE Cable (Cutting phone and 911 service to a huge chunk of Carver County) when they built CR 11 through Victoria a few years ago. At the same time they were building Hundertmark Road in Chaska and hit a 4″+ Gas Main next to the St. Andrews Lutheran Church West at Hundertmark and Bavaria Road.

Need to know more, just check on any project they have worked on in the past 10-years, contact the City or County Engineering staff thay work with and you might be amazed they are still in business and nobody I know of has been killed yet.

By: digga

digga — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 03:15:06 +0000

Maybe the guy should have let the Met inspect his
property? Sounds like his ins. covered it too.

By: elle

elle — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 01:47:17 +0000

I live in Dayton and if they worked on the sewers in Victoria like they worked up here, I don’t for one minute question that damage can happen. My house shook so hard when they were excavating and I
could see the walls moving. I had to look around to see what got damaged. The Met Council should
pay for the damage. I would also like to know what is with the SAC fee that the Met Council charges for hooking up after they mess up the property. A bunch of robber barons.

By: Justice

Justice — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 01:15:15 +0000

I’d like some free money as well
please come by my house and I’ll
sue you!

By: Ryan

Ryan — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 00:44:22 +0000

@rap: It’s not bitterness, he was never a pilot for Delta but for NWA.

That’s like saying I’m a resident of France… Because I live in a plot of land formerly owned by the French.

By: Bill Gamble

Bill Gamble — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 21:39:04 +0000

Steve- awfully simplified structural analysis. How far away from the house was the excavation? how much dirt did they move? Set backs could have been only 15 ft. or less. Did the excavation temporarily lower the water table? Some times they have to pump the excavation to work; removing the water from under the guys house could cause problems. The bottom line her is we don’t have anywhere near enough info to judge EXCEPT 20 year old houses shifting immediately after or during nearby excavation is decidely suspect.