Analysis: Transit center doesn’t meet Montgomery County requirements

Published May 22, 2012 4:00am ET



The Silver Spring Transit Center does not meet Montgomery County building code requirements, although it may meet minimum national safety standards, a new engineering analysis has found.

The analysis by Parsons Brinckerhoff, the structural engineer Montgomery County commissioned to design the $112 million project, disagrees with a March report by general contractor Foulger-Pratt Contracting that said the facility is more than strong enough to serve its intended purpose.

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