[CPEO-BIF] Arcadia Brewing site, Kalamazoo, Michigan

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Construction at Arcadia Brewing site in Kalamazoo delayed due to soil  
concerns


By Emily Monacelli
Kalamazoo Gazette (MI)
November 15, 2012

KALAMAZOO, MI -- Construction at the future Arcadia Brewing Co. site  
in Kalamazoo will be delayed, in part due to an unforeseen problem  
with soil that will not support the weight of the building.

The Kalamazoo Brownfield Redevelopment Authority voted Thursday to  
spend $16,750 to test an unsuitable layer of clay/silt found seven to  
10 feet below the surface at 701 E. Michigan Ave. The site requires  
further drilling and sampling to determine whether the layer of soil  
is contaminated and to "better delineate the thickness and extent of  
the unsuitable material," according to a memo to the BRA from city  
staff.

Marc Hatton, the city's development manager, told the board the layer  
of soil is "unsuitable to support the weight of a new building."

"The estimates are (a building built on that layer) could compress  
and sink by the order of four inches in six months," he said.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2012/11/ 
arcadia_soil_testing_brownfiel.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
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