UGA Inspects Parking Decks Following Atlanta Incident

Emergency workers on the scene of the partially-collapsed parking deck in Atlanta say they have removed most of the nearly 40 damaged vehicles from Monday’s incident. In addition, almost 170 un-damaged cars have been pulled-out of the multi-level structure. It was Monday around lunchtime that four floors of a center section of the deck collapsed and pancaked downward. The good news from searches of the deck-there are still no injuries or victims reported. As for a reason for the collapse, the owner of the deck tells an Atlanta TV station a support beam fell out of place, causing the collapse.

Meanwhile, at the University of Georgia, officials there are getting inspections for two parking decks under construction at the school that have the same contractor as the Atlanta garage. One 400-plus space deck at UGA’s intramural fields and another near the Performing and Visual Arts Center on East Campus are slated for completion by fall. Atlanta-based Hardin Construction Co. is overseeing those projects. UGA officials are getting the inspections for the decks under construction-and others on campus. The independent inspections are being paid-for by Hardin.