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The Contractors Critic
C & R PLUMBING & HEATING
Reporting on Safety, Productivity, and Honesty in the Construction Industry.
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C & R Plumbing & Heating in hot water
over leaking pipes, faulty construction
RECORDS ALSO REVEAL HISTORY OF DANGEROUS WORK SITES, WAGE AND
LABOR VIOLATIONS
C& R Plumbing and Heating, of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, has become an important mechanical contractor in the Inland Empire from Spokane, WA, to Boise, ID.
C&R, run by Dan and Kent Rude, often has as many as one hundred |
plumbers and pipefitters laboring on a variety of projects. C & R has done
considerable work for state and local public agencies including prisons, schools, and water treatment plants.
But close scrutiny of C & R's record reveals a troubling litany of leaking pipes, faulty |
construction, dangerous work sites, and wage and labor violations. A major general contractor has stated in writing that C & R is "not qualified." |
A C& R MANAGER'S FELONY DRUG CONVICTION. HE WAS ALSO ACCUSED OF DRUNK DRIVING, AND A PRIOR DRUG OFFENSE
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Don K. (Kent) Rude, a construction manager for C& R, was convicted of a felony drug offense:
Delivery of a Controlled Substance, in Coeur d'Alene, Kootenai County, Idaho. The conviction,
took place in 1993, when Rude was 33 years old. He was sentenced to 60 days in jail, and five years probation. According to Court records and a published account, two years of his determinate sentence was suspended, as was another three years indeterminate sentence. He was also ordered to pay a fine of $6,218, and $1,198 in restitution for two victims.
Court records also show that Rude had a prior arrest for drugs when he was 24 years old. The deposition of that case is not
known. He also had prior arrests publicize these aspects of its job for driving while intoxicated, for operating a motor vehicle without insurance, for drag racing for failure to appear, and multiple instances of driving with a suspended license. Records did not indicate a final deposition of those cases.
Our society, and especially the construction industry, has proclaimed a zero tolerance for drug use. Should public agencies, especially schools and prisons, patronize a company when it means that a convicted drug felon will be on the job site?
The information presented in this brochure should be of interest to potential customers of C &R. The Contractor's Critic presents this data here because it
is doubtful that C & R would ever publicize these aspects of its job history
voluntarily.
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Table of Contents
Spokane Transit Authority (STA): The STA sued C & R
and others over a leaking pipe that allowed hazardous solvents to taint
soils, prompting a $440,000 clean-up . . . Page 3.
The State of Idaho Plumbing Inspector found eighteen violations by
C&R on Boise Water Treatment job . . Page
3
The City of Spokane maintenance chief sued C & R for maintaining
an unsafe work place
. . Page 3
An unlicensed C & R worker caused a natural gas explosion and
fire at the Coeur d'Alene Resort...Page
4
Gilbane Building Company, a large general contractor stated in
writing that C & R is not a qualified contractor...Page 4 |
  
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