Aland Developments MD Andrew Hrsto has rejected suggestions that construction work on his company’s Peak Towers project caused the cracks in the structure of the adjacent Mascot Towers. Hrsto says an engineering report on buildings near the Peak Towers project showed that structural defects were found in the Mascot Towers building several years before work on his company’s project commenced. Hrsto’s defence comes after John Barilaro, the Deputy Premier of New South Wales, claimed that the problems at Mascot Towers were caused by construction work at adjacent building sites, which has caused “sinking”. From The Australian:
Mr Barilaro said the basis of his information was recent reports handed to the NSW government indicating a “drop in water tables” had occurred during construction work next door.
He attributed “sinking” to “differential settlement” of the land mass beneath Mascot Towers…
