Posted on 04/16/2019 8:34:04 AM PDT by Red Badger
Julien Le Bras had vowed that his building firm would 'not put the building at risk' when it won the contract
He said 'there is no question that we will put any pressure' on the spire of the cathedral - which fell last night
French investigators are now probing the renovation work as they examine the causes of Monday's huge fire ============================================================================
A young construction boss boasted about his firm's ability to protect historic sites when it won a contract to repair the spire of Notre Dame, MailOnline can reveal.
Julien Le Bras declared last year: 'Our first thought is to protect the values of historical buildings, it's in our DNA.'
His company, Le Bras Freres, a small company known as the 'Cathedral Restorers', had won the £5million contract to repair the spire of the Paris landmark.
Today craftsmen from the company were being questioned by investigators after the spire came crashing down in Monday's blaze, which caused such extensive damage that experts believe it could take decades to repair.
Investigators believe the devastating blaze started in the roof cavity below the spire where the work, which included the use of electric tools, was being carried out.
The blaze began at around 6.50pm but workers would reportedly have downed tools between 5pm and 5.30pm.
Mr le Bras told reporters at the scene: 'We want more than anyone for light to be shed on the origin of this drama.'
He said his company has 12 workers involved in the refurbishment, though none were on site at the time of the fire.
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Low Bid, Technically Feasible. I have seen a lot of damage and cost increase from those contracts!
Seems suspicious to me as well.
Methinks they doth protest too much....................
Because the fire started in the area that construction work was being done that week.
Tis a possibility.
At the Cabildo, it was blamed on a welders torch.
https://www.nola.com/300/2018/12/300_for_300_census_who_made_th.html
Speakee the Arabic by any chance?
Some German and some HS Spanish..................and some naughty words in various Asian languages.............
“If you have Chrome, you can translate it to English.”
Most computerized translators may work after a fashion, but probably add to the confusion instead.
I haven’t heard yet of anybody blaming it on Trump. At this point, I lean towards Muslims. With lots of churches being burned in France, seems the authorities would have had extra close watch on Notre Dame.
Jussie Smollett?
The firm is the ‘Le Bras Brothers’. A family firm is most likely to hire friends and relatives first, and guys who have been personally recommended and are known to their circle.
> It was Colonel Muzzie in the Conservatory with a Candlestick. <
Well-played!
So this young owner of a small business is the sacrificial lamb they’ve chosen to cover for the Muslims. Nice. Reminds me ot the pitiful guy whose video was blamed for Benghazi.
Yes, I thought of him, too................
Just Quasimodo with his friend Victor Hugo.
Lots of Muslims set church fires when nobody is around
Isn't that French for The Bra Brothers?
Sounds like a cover for a money laundering racket.
Kind of like Los Pollos Hermanos in Breaking Bad.
The first alarm went off at 6:20 p.m. Apparently, someone checked, but no fire was found. The alarm went off again twenty-five minutes later, by which time the fire was out of control. What does anyone make of that? Did the alarm point to a specific location, which was then checked, by whom, and how could nothing be found?
Any Algerians who had parents in Algeria prior to 1962 would be the children of Algerian French citizens. I wonder if that gives them French citizenship too?
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