Sunday, February 16, 2014

National Corvette Museum : Timeline Set for Sinkhole Repair and Car Recovery

Via Tom

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During a press conference today on Corvette Boulevard, Mike Murphy with Scott, Murphy & Daniel construction provided an update and timeline on the work to be done.

Highlights of the press conference include:

- This is very common for this area, what's not common is for a sinkhole to swallow eight Corvettes.

- It is repairable. The building foundation and structure is in good condition.

- They will be securing the sinkhole and surrounding areas to ensure that even if we have sinkholes on the property in the future it will not affect the Museum.

- It will take 2-3 weeks to stabilize and secure the area (red spire, walls of the sinkhole) then the process of vehicle recovery will begin.

- They will be making sure the sinkhole is safe and that no further damage will occur before starting vehicle recovery.

- It will take 4-6 days to retrieve the vehicles

- After that, they will replace earth and the floor system

- They have a good plan and it takes action tomorrow with no problems foreseen

"We are confident that it will be done in time for the Museum's 20th Anniversary Celebration in August. You won't even know that this has happened," said Wendell Strode, Museum Executive Director

View the entire video of our press conference on YouTube here.

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