“The whole industry, the whole city, is talking about this tragedy. No one should die going to work,” said Southside Group President Vito Frijia, one of the most experienced builders in London.A four-storey apartment building being built at 555 Teeple Terrace, along Wonderland Road in west London, collapsed at about noon Friday.
“It’s devastating,” said Dave Stimac, president of the London Home Builders Association and also president of Ironstone Building Co., a residential building company. A “notice of project” is filed with the Labour Ministry before building starts and inspectors visit sites for a spontaneous review. The building site will then see city hall inspectors at various stages, looking at structural and plumbing construction.
Speculation is rampant among the local construction industry about what could have caused the incident. Stimac, however, says any number of things may have played a part. The four-storey complex, dubbed Nest on Wonderland, is being built by Brock Development Group. Its principal, Shaun Stevens, is known in the industry as a residential home builder.