‘Dripping black substance’ caused by construction errors leads Brookfield’s library to seek $1.3 million fix
Source: https://www.rblandmark.com/, March 27, 2025
By: Trent Brown
A “black substance” has been dripping from the exterior of the Linda Sokol Francis Brookfield Library since shortly after its construction was completed in July 2021, Executive Director Kim Coughran said Wednesday. Now, after drafting a formal complaint, the library board is looking to settle out of court with the building’s architecture and construction firms to fund a major repair that may cost $1.3 million to implement.
On March 19 and March 20, the library’s board of trustees took actions to begin negotiations with those firms with a goal of avoiding a lawsuit while approving advertising for the services of an engineering firm to replace the building’s exterior envelope to eliminate the ongoing problem. Read more.
