Workmen return to Fairfield Inn

Workmen were seen back on the job Saturday at the Fairfield Inn by Marriott on the 123 Seneca By-Pass. But, as far as the city administrator understands, there has been no lifting of the stop work order issued on the discovery of a “small collapse” in a retaining wall that is to separate the multi-story hotel from the slope leading down to Lake Keowee. Moulder told 101.7/WGOG NEWS workmen seen Saturday morning were “framers repairing and finishing areas they missed during framing. When we inspected the structure after the wall failure, we noticed some deficiencies in the framing. We required an engineer to inspect and lay out a plan for the framers to fix those. But to my understanding the stop work order has not been lifted….”