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Uptown Garage wall facade under review1 min read

The serpentine exterior wall facade of the Uptown Parking Garage in Sedona is under structural engineering review after workers discovered an installation problem and called in a structural engineer to review the issue. Joseph K. Giddens/Larson Newspapers

The completion status bar in front of the Uptown Parking Garage will not be hitting 100% anytime soon.

Sedona Deputy City Manager Andy Dickey said on Friday, May 29, that an installation problem with the garage’s decorative serpentine exterior wall facade is under structural engineering review, with no opening date set.

“The issue is not related to the color or appearance of the wall,” Dickey wrote to Sedona City Council members. “Rather, it involves questions regarding how portions of the serpentine wall facade system were installed and whether the installation conforms to the project requirements. Because the issue was identified during project closeout, the design team and structural engineer are reviewing the installation and evaluating what corrective measures, if any, may be required.”

General contractor McCarthy Building Companies has been developing potential corrective options, but no approach has been selected yet. Until one is, Dickey said, the city cannot set a new opening date.

“While no revised opening date has been established, schedule impacts extending into August are possible,” Dickey wrote.

Dickey added that he will update city staff and council as more information becomes available.

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Joseph K Giddens

Joseph K. Giddens grew up in southern Arizona and studied natural resources at the University of Arizona. He later joined the National Park Service in many different roles focusing on geoscience education throughout the West. Drawn to deep time and ancient landscapes he’s worked at: Dinosaur National Monument, Petrified Forest National Park, Badlands National Park and Saguaro National Park among several other public land sites. Prior to joining Sedona Red Rock News, he worked for several Tucson outlets as well as the Williams-Grand Canyon News and the Navajo-Hopi Observer. He frequently is reading historic issues of the Tombstone Epitaph newspaper and daydreaming about rockhounding. Contact him at jgiddens@larsonnewspapers.com or (928) 282-7795 ext. 122.

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