Owners of pyrrhotite-damaged Quebec demand money from SNC-Lavalin settlement GlobeBusiness
Nuggets of the rust-colored mineral pyrrhotite, right, and a chunk of concrete containing the mineral that's been removed from a crumbling basement, left, in Willington, Conn. on April 11, 2017.Owners of pyrrhotite-damaged homes in Quebec are eyeing the $280-million penalty SNC-Lavalin was recently ordered to pay for its fraudulent business dealings in Libya.
Hundreds of homes in Quebec’s Mauricie region were damaged after being built between 1996-2008 with low-quality concrete that contained pyrrhotite, which expands when it comes into contact with water and air.In 2014, the Quebec Superior Court ruled that SNC-Lavalin was 70 per cent responsible for the damage because one of the company’s geologists produced a report stating the concrete was fit for use.
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