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Show New county jail hit by flooding - - i f ... 1 By JUDY JENSEN Asst. Managing Editor FARMINGTON The new jail is not experiencing a drought in fact flooding is the problem Sheriff Glenn Clary is facing. Recent heavy rains have brought to light a potentially expensive problem for Layton Construction, the contractor of the new criminal justice complex. Clary was notified of the flooding last week when county employees reported water in the hallways in the new jail complex. An investigation proved the water was seeping in under the doors which lead to the exercise yards of each of the six jail pods. The six approximately 40-by-50-foot cement areas which will be used by inmates for exercise were to have been constructed so that the concrete sloped toward a floor drain. "What we found is there is a hump in the concrete which allows the water to flow back toward the Despite drought conditions throughout the county, the new jail got its share of rainfall when the recent heavy rains flooded portions of the new Davis County Criminal Justice Center in Farmington. The building contractor, Layton Construction, will decide this week how to solve the problem of incorrectly installed concrete which led to flooding in the exercise yards. (Clipper photo by Patrick Mitchell) Jail CONTINUED FROM A-l door," project manager Joe Rhoads said. He has met with Layton Construction Con-struction officials who are now evaluating the possible solutions to the problem. Rhoads said they may grind down the high areas or use a saw cut from each corner of the pads to j the drain. "We just don't know ' what we'll do right now," he said. We are going to evaluate the extent of the problem and look at the proposed pro-posed solutions and determine j which will best correct the situation." situa-tion." If the problem cannot be corrected cor-rected in a simple way, there is a "slight possibility that the 2,000 feet of concrete in question would have to be removed and replaced. Rhoads emphasized the construction construc-tion company would pay for all costs associated with correcting the problem. 'I went down to see the damage and it will have to be corrected." said Davis County Commission Chairman Gayle Stevenson. "They're going to have to tunnel under the cement or lower it or get the drains in the right places," he said. He added the problem should not delay transfer of inmates to the new facility. The move is planned June 15. |