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ZREELEY. COLO,
Colonel William R. Andrews, USA
District Engineer, Corps of Engineers
U. S. Post Office and Court House
215 North 17th Street
Omaha, Nebraska 68102-4910
Re: Mr. Gregory Moore, Civil Engineer
for Corps of Engineers, Littleton, Colorado
Dear Colonel Andrews :
I am writing to you in regards to the performance of duty of a
Mr. Gregory Moore whom I understand is a civil engineer working
for the Corps of Engineers out of your Littleton, Colorado office.
To be quite frank, I was literally appalled by Mr. Moore' s
actions and words that occurred between myself and Mr. Moore
at a local jobsite on September 17, 1985. His totally
irresponsible actions caused me to summon the Weld County
Sheriff to the scene in an effort to bring some semblance
of order to the situation. In my current job and previous
work, I have had considerable experience in working with
other government agencies, private contractors, and various
engineering firms under sometimes difficult situations; however,
I have not seen anything as stupid as what Mr. Moore did yesterday.
His lack of judgement certainly is not representative of the Army
Corps of Engineers and my concern over this matter is what has
prompted me to write this letter.
The following describes briefly what occurred on September 17,
2985 at a jobsite on the north bank of the Big Thompson River
approximately one mile north of Johnstown, Colorado on Weld
County Road #17:
1), It is my understanding that the Corps of Engineers,
working via a private contractor, and for Weld County
Authorities was placing rip rap on the north bank of the
Big Thompson River.
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District Engineer, Corps of Engineers
Omaha, Nebraska 68102-4910
Re: Mr. Gregory Moore, Civil Engineer
for Corps of Engineers, Littleton, CO
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2) The Corps of Engineers did not call for any water line
locations, as required by law and was not aware that
there was a 6" AC water main directly under where their
heavy machinery was working.
3) At approximately 2: 00 p.m. the Water District was notified
by a representative of Western Slope Gas Company, a
private firm, that a water line was leaking at the jobsite
and we should check into it. No notification was ever
received by the Water District from the Corps of
Engineers or Weld County Authorities and I do not know
when they actually hit the line.
4) At approximately 4:00 p.m. the Water District was ready
to commence repairs and we had three men with pickups
and a private contractor with backhoe on the scene. Mr.
Moore took no action on his own initiative to stop the
contractor from placing rip rap and the District was
unable to commence repairs.
5) At approximately 4 : 15 p.m. I arrived on the scene and
informed Mr. Moore that I wanted his equipment to stop
work immediately so we could make emergency repairs and
to preclude further damage to the water line. I informed
Mr. Moore that further work could damage the line under
the river, complicating repairs considerably. Mr. Moore
refused to stop work and stated that when he finished the
job of placing rip rap, we could do our repairs. At this
time I called the County Sheriff and informed Mr. Moore
that if Weld County Authorities were involved in this job
he had better get a representative out immediately so we
could resolve the matter. Mr. Moore stated he had requested
this; however, no one ever showed up from Weld County.
6) Mr. Moore continued operations for thirty minutes after I
arrived on the scene and finished his rip rap fiasco at
about 4 :45 p.m. At this time the Water District was able
. to go to work and commenced removing some of the rip rap
that had just been placed on the water line.
Colonel William R. Andrews, USA
District Engineer, Corps of Engineers
Omaha, Nebraska 68102=4910
Re: Mr. Gregory Moore, Civil Engineer
for Corps of Engineers, Littleton, CO
Page Three
7) The Weld County Sheriff' s office representative
arrived on the scene after the Water District had
commenced repair operations and completed an incident
report on the matter. Water District repairs were not
completed until around 8:00 p.m. and the one hour of
daylight we lost because of Mr. Moore' s actions did not
help the situation at all.
I am sure you can appreciate my frustration and anger over Mr.
Moore' s inexcusable actions in regards to this situation.
Whatever action the Corps of Engineers takes regarding Mr. Moore
is certainly no concern of mine; however, I can assure you that
I never want him supervising any construction projects within
the 200 square miles of area associated with the Little Thompson
Water District.
I am assuming that the costs of these repairs will be paid most
promptly by Weld County, as Mr. Moore assured me the Corps of
Engineers was certainly not going to pay for them. Although I
do not envision a problem collecting the expenses relating to this
job; however, if one arises, the Corps of Engineers and Mr. Moore
will certainly become involved in the ensuing lawsuit.
1.S . cerely yours,
Jo M. Gruner
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cc: County Commissioners for Weld County
P. O. Box 758
Greeley, Colorado 80632
Colonel John I. Coats, USA
Area Representative, Corps of Engineers
2860 South Circle Drive
North Building Suite GL10
Colorado Springs, Colorado 80908
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