Stock, I looked up the elevator failure and have some questions, first if I understand correctly they righted the silo, as in put it back upright and used it again? If so how did they do that, next, since the report only had the requirements needed to hold it up, what was the recommendations of how it should have been done to avoid the problem in the fist place? set down pilings, put in 50 feet of rock first, what? I'll admit I got lost in the lingo they used, but also was the study done in the 1950's to the existing silo site with the silo still on it or after the silo was down and gone?
Impact, I understand fully what your dealing with, farmers are excempt from the laws that govern most out there, it sounds like you have a good plan, even if its not required by law to be done, require it for your business to be done, no exceptions, if it were me, depending on how things are going, I'd hire the engineer out of pocket on the project and follow his advice, if he says its not safe to build on, then don't, give the owner the ultimatium of either doing it right or hire another contractor to finsih the project, its never too late to have stipulations on any job while your onsite and working there yet, get an attorney involved and right now, follow his recommendations and do as he says.
I've refused to do work that cut corners, and I've also left jobs where corners were cut, those are not jobs worth having or doing, if the owner has alrready cut corners, I'd toss up a red flag and start to put stipulations on things, before they get ugly or tied up in court later on, today you have a choice, tomorrow in the legal system you have none, but are dictated as to what happens, if things are looking bad, stop or correct it today, before its too late, any way you have to and if that means to leave the job uncompleted, so be it. Just my two cents worth.
Impact, I understand fully what your dealing with, farmers are excempt from the laws that govern most out there, it sounds like you have a good plan, even if its not required by law to be done, require it for your business to be done, no exceptions, if it were me, depending on how things are going, I'd hire the engineer out of pocket on the project and follow his advice, if he says its not safe to build on, then don't, give the owner the ultimatium of either doing it right or hire another contractor to finsih the project, its never too late to have stipulations on any job while your onsite and working there yet, get an attorney involved and right now, follow his recommendations and do as he says.
I've refused to do work that cut corners, and I've also left jobs where corners were cut, those are not jobs worth having or doing, if the owner has alrready cut corners, I'd toss up a red flag and start to put stipulations on things, before they get ugly or tied up in court later on, today you have a choice, tomorrow in the legal system you have none, but are dictated as to what happens, if things are looking bad, stop or correct it today, before its too late, any way you have to and if that means to leave the job uncompleted, so be it. Just my two cents worth.