An engineer has identified multiple safety issues in the Collingwood, ON, Canada, grain terminals building, including in the marine tower where groups of birds have made a home over the years. The guano (bird poop) was two feet thick in some spots, preventing access to the tower entirely, reports Guelph Today.
The estimate to fix up (and clean up) the terminals to continue their use as a decommissioned industrial site is about $10 million, and that’s if not much more time passes before repairs are made.
Will Teron, an engineer with Tacoma Engineers out of Guelph, suggested remediation occur as soon as possible to prevent further deterioration of the properties.
