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Construction is resumed on the Boise Hangar site year after a fatal crash – Aidaho News

Construction is resumed on the Boise Hangar site year after a fatal crash – Aidaho News

Boise, Idaho – Friday is one year since the tragic crash of Hangar in Boyz, which has taken the lives of three construction workers. The site, located along the Interstate 84 near the airport, is now witnessing the construction of a new hangar.

The victims of the collapse were 32-year-old Mariano Cock Osch, 24-year-old Mario Sontie Qi and co-founder of Big-D Construction Craig Durrant, 59. The incident also left eight other workers seriously injured.

The OSHA investigation revealed that Big-D builders “ignore multiple indications that the structure is unstable,” citing visibly curved, bent and wavy structural I-rays, unbalanced columns and several click cables with rope.

In the summer, city authorities issued a permit to remove steel and concrete from the site. The new hangar is built with modifications from the original plan.

The families of Mariano Cock Och Och and Mario Sontie Qi have filed lawsuits against Big-D builders and others involved in the project. Their lawyer, Enrique Serna, accused the builders of cutting angles and ignoring the safety rules.

“The case claims that the theories of negligence, gross negligence and other causes of action,” Serna said. “In essence, what we claim is that these are corporations that have been for years, over 20 or 30 years in the business of erection of metal buildings. They know better, know what they are doing.”

Serna emphasized that his clients do not want a repeat of the tragedy. “The reaction of the family is very simple. They don’t want someone else to die,” he said. “They hope a second time around, they do things right.”

Serna also criticized the engineering and planning participating in the original Hangar construction, noting that a secondary set of plans that the Boyz city does not approve of, calls for significantly smaller efficiency.

Testing can only happen at the end of this year. Due to the ongoing litigation, Big-D builders refrained from commenting on the collapse, but expressed gratitude for the support of the Community in the last year.

City leaders said there were no plans for public events to remember the victims.

This incident is not the first safety violation for Big-D builders. OSHA cites the company three times before the hangar collapse for serious dangers, including a repeated violation in 2023, for not providing protection against falling, which led to a sentence of $ 21,000.

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