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Statement from Construction Companies on 9/11 Congressional Health and Compensation Act-HR 6594

Last update: 4:39 p.m. EDT July 24, 2008
WASHINGTON, July 24, 2008 /PRNewswire-USNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Construction companies involved in the clean-up of the World Trade Center after the 2001 terrorist attack strongly support the re-introduction of H.R. 6594, an improved version of the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act that makes significant progress in resolving the issues faced by the construction companies and workers responding to the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

The legislation is a bipartisan solution that addresses the health and liability issues for the workers and the construction companies that came to the aid of the nation on 9/11. Representatives Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Vito Fossella (R-NY), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Peter King (R-NY), Zoe Lofgren (D-Ca), and Steve King (R-IA) have worked hard to draft this legislation, which is designed to help heal the wounds of 9/11. The companies will continue to work with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the Democratic and Republican leadership in Congress on this legislation to meet the significant challenges facing all concerned so that it can be approved this year.

The companies are Bovis Lend Lease LMB, Inc., Tully Construction Co. Inc., Turner Construction Company, AMEC Construction Management, Inc., and Plaza Construction Corporation.

2old2growup

May 21 2009, 09:01 PM

"Rabbit hole"; more like a grand canyon of lies.

ULTIMA1

May 29 2009, 10:15 PM

I e-mailed Tully construction and asked them questions. They responded saying they could not answer my questions due to the 9/11 lawsuits.


I also have several photos of equipment at ground zero with the different construction companies names on them.

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World Trade Center Recovery & Clean Up

Tully Construction was one of four contractors chosen to perform the clean up after the two World Trade Center buildings collapsed. Tully's crews who were already working on a 100 million dollar Westside Highway project right in front of the World Trade Center for New York State responded immediately with the equipment Tully had on site and from other job sites in Manhattan. Quickly Tully began to bring in the big equipment necessary to move the massive steel structures and huge amounts of pulverized concrete that hampered the search and rescue operations. So destructive was the collapse that no one even found a file cabinet or desk or computer that was in the Trade Center buildings before the attack. This would never be a straightforward demolition and debris removal project, Tully's personnel working 24 hours a day 7 days a week began moving tremendous quantities of this material to the Fresh Kills Landfill which was opened temporarily for this project: Tully topped out at over 500 loads in a single day. Eventually this material was trucked to docks by Tully where it was load on barges and then shipped to the Fresh Kills Landfill.

The primary concern at the start was rescuing survivors. Once it became clear that there would be few survivors, Tully proceeded with a dignified recovery of remains. Quickly the site became a well organized operation--- the biggest in New York and one of the biggest in United States history.

During the first month Tully's ground zero crews began shoring and bracing in the station at Cortlandt Street on the N and R subway line. The entrance to this station was collapsed so Tully's crews had to dig their way in but fortunately the station itself was not collapsed and the structural damage to the steel beams was minimal. The station was quickly reinforced and repaired to allow trains to travel through the station opening up some of lower Manhattan to the subway system. At the height of the clean up Tully had close to 300 people working at the site repairing and replacing utility pipes and ducts for Con Edison and Verizon this just to get their infrastructures up and running after the attack and another 250 people working on the clean up at the same time. Over 120 backhoes, payloaders, and trucks worked everyday for over 8 months. As the pile of ruble from the buildings diminished another problem presented itself. There was concern that the slurry wall or" bathtub" might be damaged or fail entirely and could be leaking, allowing the Hudson River to flood into the foundation hole. This flooding which would have been just 5 feet below the top of the wall at high tide would have undermined adjacent streets and utilities and have dramatically increased the complexity of the clean up project as well as the time which to complete it. Also there was the possibility that the PATH tubes would flood which could have resulted in the flooding of the entire subway system up to Canal Street. When the towers collapsed, the lateral support that had been provided by the basement structural steel for the parking garage was removed and the debris was now supplying that lateral support. So the slurry wall had to be repaired as the debris was removed or the there could have been a catastrophic failure.

Excavation for foundation of the World Trade Center 1968 The slurry wall constructed by a joint venture known as West Street Associates, Tully Construction's predecessor company Tully & DiNapoli was a major partner in this project. Built in the late 1960's it was a reinforced concrete wall eighty feet deep and 3,500 feet around the perimeter, with approximately 900 tie backs. These were installed to support the slurry wall against the forces of water and soil during and after construction of the Trade Center. The biggest concern was what kind of condition was the system of tie backs in. This system had held the wall in place for over 30 years but now it was feared it may have considerable damage. Tully's engineers jump on this problem immediately they realized that the debris from the building was supporting the slurry wall and could not be removed until the wall was repaired. Seeing that this was a huge coordination problem between the clean up operation and the placement of a new system to support the slurry wall Tully's engineers began to pull all the primary contractors, the clean up contractors, and the tie back subcontractors together. Tully's engineers coordinated all facets of the tieback operation. They had all areas of operations working around the clock coordinated to accommodate the quickest way to install the new tie back system and continue to clean up the site as Installation of Tiebacks on the south side of the slurry wall quickly as possible. Tully had to bring in dirt fill to support the slurry wall in areas where there was no debris or in areas where the debris had to be removed before they could install the new tiebacks or in areas that where thought to in danger of failure. Tully brought in over 100,000 cubic yards of stabilizing material. From coordinating where and when demolition or excavation activity would take place to the construction of the working platforms for the actual installation of the tie backs which was all done by Tully's personnel to filling areas where it was needed and then the actual coring of the slurry wall and finally the actual installation of the new tie back system Tully's engineers had their hands full 24 hours a day. Over 900 tieback anchors were eventually installed.

Tully's engineers had to deal with no less than 8 different companies, agencies and engineering firms. Because of the efforts of Tully's engineers and the rest of the supervisors at Tully this project was completed long before anyone had anticipated. As this project was going on it was felt that it was needed to relive some of the pressure on the slurry wall while the repair work was in process. Tully's personnel were also involved in the installation of a dewatering system to relive some of the pressure until the new tie-back system could be completed. From digging test pits to excavating to expose utilities and the location of the wellpoints Tully's engineers where instrumental in getting this system up and running as quickly as possible.

Demolition of Buildings 4 & 5 Additionally Tully demolished both buildings left standing along Church Street World Trade Center 4 and World Trade Center 5. To do this Tully had to build bridging platforms to span across the elevated sidewalk above the shopping area under buildings 4 and 5. This had to be done all around these two buildings to support the cranes necessary to demolish the buildings. The internal structure of the buildings was then pre-cut to allow for braking points so the structure would crumb as the wrecking ball was dropped on it. The building where demolished by the ball and crane method, this was done because of the fear of doing even more damage to the utilities in the area if the building was demolished by selective blasting or the risk of sending people in the building to do it by hand was just to great. This was the first time in over a decade a wrecking ball was used in New York City. The effort by all the contractors on site was monumental but Tully's crews move more material with less equipment and personnel then the other 3 contractors combined.

http://web.archive.org/web/20040413001332/http://www.tullyconstruction.com/projects/information.asp?id=16

DoYouEverWonder

May 30 2009, 06:44 AM

What lawsuits? I didn't know anyone was suing the clean up crews?

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$1 Billion in Aid to Help Cover City for Ground Zero Liability
http://tinyurl.com/kvcneg (a cached tullyconstruction.com page)

The New York Times (nytimes.com)
March 24, 2002
By RAYMOND HERNANDEZ
The Bush administration wants to provide up to $1 billion to shield New York City and scores of contractors against lawsuits stemming from the World Trade Center cleanup.

For months, insurers have refused to provide liability coverage to the city and contracting companies working there, arguing that the cleanup is far too big and the risk associated with it too hard to measure.

That has left the city and the contractors exposed to a potential wave of lawsuits by people who live or work near ground zero, claiming that they were sickened or injured by the work at the site.

The $1 billion was part of a $21.5 billion aid package that President Bush outlined this month to help the city rebuild, a proposal that is now before Congress.

The city and the contractors still face the same problem: finding insurers willing to provide coverage. But New York officials contend that the infusion of cash would enable the city to pay the sort of sky-high premiums that could persuade insurers to assume the risk of providing liability coverage.

As one New York official put it, ''It's amazing what $1 billion will buy.''

There is another option available if no insurance company will provide the coverage, New York and federal officials say. The money could be used to directly pay judgments made against the city and the contractors.

That course was the one advocated by Charles E. Schumer, the state's senior senator, in negotiations with the Bush administration over the terms of the overall recovery package. Mr. Schumer has argued that the city may not be able to purchase liability insurance, no matter how much money it has for premiums. Since his proposal could turn out to be ''the only alternative,'' Mr. Schumer said, the administration agreed to adopt it as a last resort, since it could save ''the city hundreds of million of dollars.''

The Bush administration noted that it would be unusual for the federal government to indemnify localities this way, stressing that the senator's option was the last resort. ''If that's what it takes, we're willing to work with the city and state on that,'' said Amy Call, a spokeswoman for the White House Office of Management and Budget. Using federal money to pay judgments directly requires the approval of Congress, and lawmakers may be reluctant to approve such an unorthodox plan.

The timing of the aid package is critical, city officials say, coming as New York faces a sizable budget deficit. ''This agreement could alleviate a serious financial burden at a time when the city can least afford it,'' said Edward Skyler, a spokesman for Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg. Contractors at the site have been warning that they may be forced into bankruptcy by the lawsuits they expect to face as a result of the work their crews are doing at the site.

Many have voiced concern that companies near the site will say the cleanup has damaged their buildings, possibly by eroding foundations. Many also worry about lawsuits saying the work kicked up asbestos and other toxic pollutants. The contractors have said that ordinarily they would not have undertaken a run-of-the-mill project, let alone one like the trade center cleanup, without basic liability coverage. Nevertheless, many said, they did not hesitate to throw themselves into the rescue and recovery efforts when they were faced with the catastrophe of Sept. 11.

Peter K. Tully, the president of the Tully Construction Company of Flushing, Queens, said he never questioned his decision to send in hundreds of workers for the project but was still very concerned until recently, when he got word that the federal government might help provide coverage.

''We've faced a real financial risk,'' Mr. Tully said. ''If this had been a normal job, we would have bought insurance ahead of time. But under the circumstances, we couldn't do that. We were here on Sept. 11. No questions asked.''

The four main contractors at the site -- Tully, Bovis Lend Lease, Turner Construction and AMEC Construction Management -- expect to make a few million dollars in profit, but those contractors and the city fear that plaintiffs looking for defendants will focus on them.

They point out that Congress has already passed legislation limiting liability for other possible defendants -- New York State, the airlines, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, and Larry A. Silverstein, the leaseholder for the trade center.

The city and the contractors now have about $75 million in general liability coverage combined, an amount they say may cover basic accidents but not all the lawsuits they expect over asbestos pollution and the like.

Beyond that, the $75 million is less than a fifth of what builders have for a typical, far smaller building project in Manhattan. The contractors have said that a project of this size should have at least $2 billion in insurance.

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http://tinyurl.com/nt5bks
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http://www.tullyconstruction.com/projects/details/?c=36

Unfortunately, the events of September 11, 2001 caused major damage between Murray Street and Albany Street (Segment 2). About 1,000 feet of the roadway was destroyed when falling girders pierced through the concrete pavement. This entire section of new concrete roadway had to excavated and replaced with a temporary asphalt and concrete roadway with new traffic signals, lighting, and underground utility reconstruction. This work included the maintaining of 3 lanes of traffic in each direction. The bikeway was reconstructed, with some modifications, between Vesey Street and Albany Street. In addition, a 250 foot temporary pedestrian bridge was constructed just south of Albany Street to move pedestrian traffic from one side of West Street to the other. This bridge was comprised of two prefabricated box truss structures connected side by side. It was fitted with a stainless steel roof. At Pier 25 (Harrison Street) which was utilized to barge steel removed from the World Trade Center to the Fresh Kills Landfill Tully was required to restore this entire area as part of the Segment 2 contract.

*link includes 48 pre-9/11 pics - some with the WTC towers still standing while Tully Construction worked near them

sample pics:

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http://www.dailypress.com/topic/ny-qvtop32369343sep17,0,4552805.story?page=5
Tully Construction has found itself in the news quite often this year - although it doesn't appear to have affected growth.

Tully has been under a special monitoring arrangement with New York City since 1996; prior to that, it was banned from doing business with the city. Among conflicts it became embroiled in were complaints that it performed a shoddy job fixing up Brooklyn homes after a water main break. The city said it is working with residents, Tully and other agencies to rectify the problems in Brooklyn. Tully did not return calls for comment.

ULTIMA1

May 30 2009, 09:44 PM

DoYouEverWonder

May 30 2009, 06:44 AM

What lawsuits? I didn't know anyone was suing the clean up crews?

The 9/11 lawsuits that families filed against almost all parties involved in 9/11. Also depends on what information is asked for.

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9/11 families angered by US support for Saudis

May 30, 2009

NEW YORK - Relatives of Sept. 11 victims say they're angry that the Justice Department is supporting the Saudi royal family's bid to be removed from a 9/11 lawsuit.

The families of some victims have accused the royal family of financially backing terror groups that carried out the 2001 attack.

The Justice Department filed a brief with the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday. It supports the Saudis' argument that the royal family as a sovereign state cannot be sued in a U.S. court.

Bill Doyle's son was killed at the World Trade Center. He says the Obama administration's court filing undermines the nation's fight against terrorism.

Several lower courts have dismissed the lawsuit. The Supreme Court has not decided whether to hear the case.

http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newyork/ny-bc-ny--sept11lawsuit0530may30,0,975229.story

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Peter Tully, president of Tully Construction of Flushing, N.Y., told AFP that he saw pools of “literally molten steel” at the World Trade Center. The molten steel was found “three, four, and five weeks later, when the rubble was being removed,” Loizeaux said. He said molten steel was also found at 7 WTC, which collapsed mysteriously in the late afternoon. -American Free Press (9/03/02)

http://algoxy.com/psych/9-11scenario.html

DoYouEverWonder

May 31 2009, 08:57 AM

Isn't this interesting? Small world.

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Peter Tully, president of Tully Construction of Flushing, N.Y., told AFP that he saw pools of “literally molten steel” at the World Trade Center. The molten steel was found “three, four, and five weeks later, when the rubble was being removed,” Loizeaux said. He said molten steel was also found at 7 WTC, which collapsed mysteriously in the late afternoon. -American Free Press (9/03/02)

http://algoxy.com/psych/9-11scenario.html

Also the pics and info 22205 found are very interesting. Looks like Tully a company that had been BANNED from working for NYC and then put under monitoring was doing a lot of major work around the WTC complex before 9/11. Who better to get to do your dirty work, then someone you've got by the balls.