It seems that few people must have imagined how much scrutiny some gray stuff in the ground would get.  First came word of the high-tech way in which RFID tags were being included in the Freedom Tower’s concrete.  Then came reports that some less-than-satisfactory material had been removed from the site.  This third time’s less than a charm.

William K. Rashbaum reports, “New York City is working to determine how extensively it needs to test the strength of concrete in buildings around the city after learning that prosecutors have found evidence that the area’s largest testing company often falsified results.”

The company in question, Testwell Laboratories, did work on the Freedom Tower.

The good thing about this is that the, given the prominence of the project, it’s almost certain no corners will be cut at this point.  Everything may wind up being fine, and if more concrete needs to be removed, construction’s not so far along as to make it impossible.

The considerable bad things are the additional money and time that the issue might consume.

We’ll see where this goes; a district attorney and the New York City Department of Buildings are currently looking into things.