Contractor denies concrete error at Silver Spring Transit Center

Published March 18, 2012 4:00am ET



The Silver Spring Transit Center does not have the structural deficiencies the county claims, general contractor Foulger-Pratt said in a new analysis.

A study by a county-commissioned consultant determined that more than half of the concrete on the second and third floors of the three-story facility is either too thick or too thin, the county announced last month, and the under-construction structure does not meet the standards for Metro or the American Concrete Institute.

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