Shea Industries

Review: Shea [redacted] was given a contract to replace our sidewalks in the summer/fall of 2012. After a meeting discussing the parking arrangements, they were supposed to being work immediately. Three weeks passed and the work didn't start. We had another meeting, trying to get a timeline. They kept procrastinating. We were up against the cold weather and the work had to be done then or the next year. They continued to procrastinate. Another meeting occurred and they claimed the site wasn't properly prepared, they wanted to wait until the next year. This is after 6 weeks of procrastination, and every indication that the work would begin immediately. The city got invoked and told Shea they couldn't keep procrastinating. This is on a main road and it's in the city's interest to get it finished. So after another couple of weeks passed, they began pouring the concrete. Since it was so cold, a few of the pours had to be ripped out immediately. The other pours immediately started spalling and cracking. We notified Shea immediately of the issues. They didn't finish the sidewalks that year and came back to finish in the spring. We pointed out the issues with the old sidewalks, and they claimed we put road salt on them and that was the problem. We did notify them of the issues immediately after the pour, and before the winter. As well, the issue only effects certain slabs implying a concrete issue. So they finish the sidewalks in the spring, and again, one sidewalk immediately begins cracking. We point it out to Norm Artabane, and he makes a $50 bet with us that it will be fine. We knew immediately it was an issue, pointed it out and he guaranteed it right then and there. The sidewalk continued to deteriorate through the winter and we put another call into Shea. They don't return our calls. My last message was to let us know if they have any intentions of doing something or not. We have to replace the sidewalk. Shea will not and has never has returned a call.Desired Settlement: Replace or pay to replace the slab showing the deterioration. Even if you have no intention of replacing the sidewalk, please give us the courtesy of a single phone call.