Testwell Laboratories, Incorporated was once one of the leading concrete testing companies for more than 20 years. Vidyasagar Reddy Kancharla, a professional engineer, owner, president and chief executive officer of Testwell Laboratories, Inc.; was indicted on October 30th, 2008 of enterprise corruption, grand larceny, scheme to defraud, offering false instruments for filing and falsification of business records. The indictment also names Vincent Barone, a professional engineer and Vice President as well as Alfred Caruso, director of concrete and masonry testing. Edward Porter, civil engineer, Michael Sterlacci, a professional engineer, Stephen Latus, a professional engineer and project manager, Wilfred Sanchez, manager of the fire code department. Latus and Sanchez were
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The New York Times reported that a year after New York City said it had a plan to re-test the concrete in many buildings as Testwell had failed to do, the re-testing had not been performed, consequently only on a handful of buildings. According to reporter William Rasbaum, sixty buildings were to be re-tested (Pressman). The question still stands, have all of these structures been re-tested? This is left to be determined which makes it unnerving knowing that the quality of so many structures in New York City can be potentially unsafe.
Testwell Labs not only examined concrete, but metal as well. On May 31st, 2008, a Crane collapsed, killing two construction workers on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. Three months prior to the collapse the Testwell helped test the crane used during the collapse. According to Dienst and McQuillan; “Testwell’s work on the crane is not part of the case the Manhattan prosecutors brought against the firm for allegedly falsifying results and records” (Dienst and McQuillan). The actions of Testwell Labs have put the lives of the public endanger with no simple
The New York Times reported that a year after New York City said it had a plan to re-test the concrete in many buildings as Testwell had failed to do, the re-testing had not been performed, consequently only on a handful of buildings. According to reporter William Rasbaum, sixty buildings were to be re-tested (Pressman). The question still stands, have all of these structures been re-tested? This is left to be determined which makes it unnerving knowing that the quality of so many structures in New York City can be potentially unsafe.
Testwell Labs not only examined concrete, but metal as well. On May 31st, 2008, a Crane collapsed, killing two construction workers on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. Three months prior to the collapse the Testwell helped test the crane used during the collapse. According to Dienst and McQuillan; “Testwell’s work on the crane is not part of the case the Manhattan prosecutors brought against the firm for allegedly falsifying results and records” (Dienst and McQuillan). The actions of Testwell Labs have put the lives of the public endanger with no simple