A confidential memo obtained by the ABC reveals concerns about bricks being dislodged from the troubled Mascot Towers, after engineers discovered new cracks on the building yesterday.
The building had to be evacuated in June last year when cracking was discoveredShops around the building have been closed
A confidential memo, obtained by the ABC, was sent by the engineers to the building's owners last night, explaining what was found. "It appears to the experts that the brickwork itself is taking unintended loads which is causing the cracking of that brickwork," the memo said. "Investigations have not been able to confirm tie-backs to the structure and so the risk of dislodgement cannot be excluded."
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