High School Bleachers Failed, Town Seeks Replacement
The Milford Community Fields Committee, through its project manager, is trying to get a contractor to replace the new aluminum bleachers. Some of the new bleachers bent by October. The town says students stood on them; the contractor blames vandals.
Some of the new aluminum bleachers at Milford High School failed before the end of the first football season, and town officials want the entire lot replaced. The aluminum planks failed in the student section. Some of them bent in the middle when students stood, or jumped, on them. The subcontractor, in an email, attributed the cause of the problem to vandalism, and the town's decision to go with a lighter-weight plank. Members of the town's Community Fields Committee disagree, saying kids in every high school in the country stand, and jump, on bleachers during games. And they want the planks replaced, and installed, per the specifications. In this project, the specifications were based on a product manufactured by E & D Specialty Stands…
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