Posted on 04/16/2019 8:34:04 AM PDT by Red Badger
Julien Le Bras had vowed that his building firm would 'not put the building at risk' when it won the contract
He said 'there is no question that we will put any pressure' on the spire of the cathedral - which fell last night
French investigators are now probing the renovation work as they examine the causes of Monday's huge fire ============================================================================
A young construction boss boasted about his firm's ability to protect historic sites when it won a contract to repair the spire of Notre Dame, MailOnline can reveal.
Julien Le Bras declared last year: 'Our first thought is to protect the values of historical buildings, it's in our DNA.'
His company, Le Bras Freres, a small company known as the 'Cathedral Restorers', had won the £5million contract to repair the spire of the Paris landmark.
Today craftsmen from the company were being questioned by investigators after the spire came crashing down in Monday's blaze, which caused such extensive damage that experts believe it could take decades to repair.
Investigators believe the devastating blaze started in the roof cavity below the spire where the work, which included the use of electric tools, was being carried out.
The blaze began at around 6.50pm but workers would reportedly have downed tools between 5pm and 5.30pm.
Mr le Bras told reporters at the scene: 'We want more than anyone for light to be shed on the origin of this drama.'
He said his company has 12 workers involved in the refurbishment, though none were on site at the time of the fire.
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Of those 12 workers, how many others were working off the books?
The workers knocked off between 5:00 and 5:30 pm local time.
The first alarm was at 6:20 pm......................
Well, now they’re going to need an architect. They will need to choose well.
Parle vu francais? Non.
They’d finished their work for the week.
“Aren’t they all in France?”
Not sure I understand your question my friend.
If you have Chrome, you can translate it to English.
I would like to know just how many cathedrals they have restored?..................
They are trying their damnedest to end speculation about muslim terrorism.................
They should have had a fire watch on site for 2 hours after the end of all welding/burning activities.
No Chrome. Firefox...................
> What will they (France) do if it discovered to be terrorism? <
I’ll field that one. Firstly, there’ll be slew of official government statements saying that the terrorist is a “lone wolf” who is “mentally ill”.
Then a group of French imams will issue a statement condemning the burning of the Cathedral. But what they say behind closed doors will, of course, be different.
Lastly, some “expert” will claim that this happened because French society is not doing enough to integrate the Muslims.
Then it’s back to business as usual.
Oh, and one more thing. Somewhere in the mix a Frenchman will express his outrage on Facebook. That person will be arrested for a hate crime.
Isn’t France heavily unionized.
Someone made a comment about the French restoration firm being a union shop. My question was asking whether France indeed was as unionized as I thought it was.
I was just making a joke....apparently not a good one. lol :/
Lots of fires smolder after workers leave
And where was her cow?
My husband says Mrs. O’Leary was milking her goat.
Well, you see, Julien, if we can blame you rather than someone named Ahmed, guess how it’s gonna shake out?
https://mobile.twitter.com/happy_thumb/status/1118017872796770304
Look who is spotted inside the cathedral during the fire!
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