A damaged parking garage on Slater Street in Ottawa. Photo by Tony Caldwell /Postmedia
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Nearly a week after the partial collapse of a downtown Ottawa parking garage, engineers and the building’s owners are looking to construct a temporary ramp to remove the approximately 50 vehicles trapped inside.
Capacity Engineering Limited structural engineer Adam Hosny, who responded to the first call before the garage partially collapsed, said the process of designing a temporary ramp to allow vehicles to be removed from the garage has begun. Hosny said engineering consulting firm Adjeleian Allen Rubeli Limited (AAR) is working with the building’s owners, GWL Realty Advisors, on the remediation and temporary repair of the structure.