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Safety Enforcement
Hank Gerhart, engineer from Buchardt-Horne, the firm that designed Sperryville’s proposed sewer, presented the WSA members with a contract earlier in the meeting for the engineering company to serve as project inspectors.
Questioned closely by Gore, Gerhart maintained that as project inspectors, Buchardt-Home’s representatives won’t have authority to force contractors to meet state and OSHA safety regulations.
“What are we paying you the price for inspection for then?” asked Gore.
“You’re paying us to see that plans and specifications are met, that quantities (of materials used in construction) are tabulated. . . But we cannot be an insurer of safety. Yes, I know that the Highway Department and the Corps of Engineers can but I can’t. . . All I can do is file a complaint with OSHA.”
If a contractor, for example, fails to close up a ditch over the weekend in violation of Highway Department or OSHA safety regulations, “you can’t shut that contractor down until he does it?” Gore questioned.
“No sir.”
“I think you’re wrong,” Gore countered.
“You tell me when your next meeting is and I’ll have our insurance expert here to explain why,” the engineer replied.
“But if the safety regulations are included in the contract and you oversee that contract (to ensure its provisions are met), why can’t you?” Gore repeated.
Gerhart noted that the
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