PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The president of Allegheny County Council said whistleblowers contacted him with allegations of poor construction of the new parking garage at Pittsburgh International Airport.
The Allegheny County Airport Authority, though, said any safety concerns are unfounded and it has identified solutions for cosmetic hairline cracks.
Allegheny County Council President Patrick Catena said he was sent several pictures and a video showing cracks in the floors of a parking garage that’s being built at Pittsburgh International Airport. According to Catena, a handful of people reached out to him with concerns about the quality of work being done, fearing it would be swept under the rug if it wasn’t made public.
“There are allegations that the principal contractor for the parking garage – Michael Baker International, Inc. – is aware that the condition of the parking decks in the garage is of substandard quality. There are also allegations that Baker has directed a subcontractor – Rycon Construction, Inc. – to apply a coating to the parking decks to conceal the quality issues, rather than fixing them,” Catena said.