Tensions bubble over on controversial Taipei Dome ... | taipei dome
FargloryGroupgeneralmanagerJackyYangonFridaysaiditisrightthatthemaximumcapacityoftheTaipeiDomeshouldexceedthelimitonvisitornumbersstipulatedinthebuilding’senvironmentalimpactassessment(EIA),andtheTaipeiCityGovernmentDepartmentofUrbanDevelopment’sReviewCommitteeshouldnotconflatethetwocalculations. TheTaipeiCityGovernmentinMay2015orderedFarglorytohaltconstructiononthedome,citingsafetyconcernsandunauthorizedchangestotheblueprints. ThereviewcommitteehadheldaprojectreviewmeetingonThursday...
Farglory Group general manager Jacky Yang on Friday said it is right that the maximum capacity of the Taipei Dome should exceed the limit on visitor numbers stipulated in the building’s environmental impact assessment (EIA), and the Taipei City Government Department of Urban Development’s Review Committee should not conflate the two calculations.
The Taipei City Government in May 2015 ordered Farglory to halt construction on the dome, citing safety concerns and unauthorized changes to the blueprints.
The review committee had held a project review meeting on Thursday, during which its members discussed three matters, including the emergency evacuation of people from the building. Yang said that Farglory had already conducted traffic simulation models in order to increase the dome’s factor of safety, but the committee had repeatedly restricted the dome’s visitor capacity based upon the EIA’s total ...