Some photographs of the Piloto Public Library are circulating in which you can see a large number of wet books, others in front of a fan, some shelves covered with plastic and a piece of the broken ceiling. “Infallible evidence of the deterioration of the emblematic building,” some say.
However, EL COLOMBIANO contacted Ángel Ovidio González Álvarez, current director of the library, who explained that what is actually happening is that “the roof of the second floor is a sheet and always after each summer, each winter, in the “There are holes in the iron, so maintenance work must be done to cover the slots.”
For these reasons, on September 8, a waterproofing process began on the plate.
“According to the appropriate procedure and taking into account that work was suspended because it was the weekend, the primer was applied even with the cementing material wet to protect the surface from possible precipitation, which effectively materialized in the form of torrential rains that washed the surface. “material applied, leaving exposed the cementitious and porous layer that allowed water to pass into the structure,” can be read in the report on the leaks provided by the auditor (Cubiko SAS) about what happened.
That is, on the same day that they waterproofed the sheet, “a torrent fell in Medellín that affected and damaged the work, because the healing agent that they had poured into the porous part did not dry and generated some leaks inside the premises,” González explained. Alvarez.
“It’s not that ‘The Pilot fell down’, some leaks fell, and in some specific parts the Drywall fell down and there was an impact on the bibliographic material that today is in the process of recovery.”
“In conclusion,” the Cubiko SAS report states, “it is considered that the contractor carried out the activities adequately and that the eventuality was due to the materialization of risks inherent to their development.”
The truth is that, according to another source close to the BPP, a lot of money has been invested in fixing the place, but the fixes have not been effective and when there are heavy downpours the water leaks and falls on shelves and on areas common on the first floor.
“With the flood, 360 books were affected, but not lost, all of which, today, are in the process of recovery. That is, we guarantee that not a single book is lost,” concluded the director of the BPP.
2023-09-20 03:38:48
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