03-02-2023, 06:21 PM
(03-02-2023, 06:00 PM)taylortbb Wrote:(03-02-2023, 04:57 PM)danbrotherston Wrote: Grandlinq took the contract...if they didn't feel the equipment was capable of satisfying the contract, they shouldn't have taken the contract, but they did, so now it's on them to fulfill it.
Grandlinq signed the contract years before the LRVs were delivered, before the LRVs were even finished being designed. Why on earth would they accept liability for a product they weren't supplying, and wasn't even finished being designed yet? If the Region asked for those terms no competent builder would have signed.
I'm certain the contract has exclusions related to the vehicles, it would be insane for Grandlinq to be responsible for them. Whether those exclusions are a factor in the freezing rain situation I don't know, all I'm saying is it's possible.
We'll know soon. The agenda is up for P&W committee next week, but it just says "7.3.3 Verbal Update: ION LRT Winter Operations" so we'll have to wait for the webcast.
The vehicles aren't the failing component though. Doors aren't freezing shut, motors aren't shutting down in the cold, this is an issue of operating an LRV in icy weather. No other vehicle would operate differently. They knew they were operating an LRV with an overhead power centenary system.
And others have read the Grandlinq contract, it sets explicit requirements for operations in acclimate weather, requirements that Grandlinq is not meeting.
I mean, for their update, I'm placing a sizeable bet on the "Our contractor failed us..." line coming out.