It says they are moving the inventory out. Our stuff turns well, has 36 months on it. If they can’t fix this in 3 years then we have bigger problems with Amazon.
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Sounds like area specific (seismic) problems.
You can’t tell me that Amazon regularly cuts corners for profit? 
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Amazon has a standard plan set for every site, but remember they don’t build the buildings. 3rd party does, Amazon hands standard prints to said 3rd party and says “build it to local codes & conditions.”
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One would think that a building that size would have had building inspector(s) signing off at different times on various structural completion times. The initial plans should have had to have had a city building / planning sign off(s) checking those plans before the building even broke ground.
We would suggest following the money to see where the failure points were. Somebody dropped the ball … the question is who, where and why?
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Amazon said it hopes to reopen the building in the future, but the repairs are expected to take a number of years.
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On a project this size, and frankly ones much smaller there would be a “Clerk of the Works” they are responsible.
Based on the normal community building department, these structures are typically beyond the capability of the town or city. Little Rock AR has a population of over 200K. So you would think that size city would have a department large enough with inspectors that knew what they are doing.
My experience is they do not. In our community we have an airport, large regional operation. Lucky enough to serve on the board for 18 years total. The town was overwhelmed by the concept and responsibility for inspecting that facility.
They ceded all responsibility to the airport. They are “self inspected” they do hire experts, but it is no longer managed by the town. We have a few 100-200K square foot warehouses that have gone up in town. I can not imagine the town having the ability to appropriately inspect those structures.
When we lifted our 34x42x60 foot tall barn built in 1845 (in one piece) I had experts for the lift, foundation and new cement walls it was set upon. I told the people I arranged to do that I would be hiring an engineer. They were not happy, but I knew the town very well.
The engineer was very capable, he cost less than 2% of the project costs. We negotiated, once he started design, as he was overbuilding. For example he wanted 8 foot cantilevered foundations. (This to keep the building from tipping over on it’s side.) I got him to go to 4 foot foundations.
I went down to the town and told them what I had planned to do, looking for permits. They looked at me as if I were from outer space and responded, “No way you are going to be able to do that.” And they knew my engineering background and construction background. This after pulling many permits for framing, electrical, mechanical and plumbing over the years.
I simply said oh ok, walked to the nearby chair and picked up my stamped plans from the engineer. They said, “Wait, what are those?” I said, “Oh these are the stamped plans from the engineer.” They pulled me back, “We will take those, and you are all set.” I don’t think they ever inspected, if so with no impact and more out of curiosity.
Why? It was no longer their problem or fault if something went wrong. It was the engineers problem, it was his stamp.
Many people can be held responsible for this, you just have to understand the planning and construction that was done.
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Little Rock is included in the areas affected by the New Madrid Fault Line –
that is one that no one ever talks about since it’s in fly over country.
Site of one of the most powerful quakes in the US and some sites say it is overdue for another one.
From a Google search (and of course it came back with an AI answer 
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" Little Rock, Arkansas, is within the greater area of the New Madrid Seismic Zone (NMSZ), which includes northeastern Arkansas. While the main fault line doesn’t run directly through Little Rock itself, the city is considered part of the broader seismically active zone and is subject to earthquake risk.
- The NMSZ runs through parts of Missouri, Arkansas, Tennessee, Kentucky, and Illinois.
- Northeastern Arkansas is where the fault line extends into the state.
- Little Rock has experienced the effects of past earthquakes on the fault line; for example, it felt a magnitude 5.0 earthquake in 1976"
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So, if it’s not safe to use the building, how are they going to move all the inventory out of it to another FC? Somehow using the robots to accomplish this task?
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It’s not “safe” in regards to a seismic event occurring.
It’s built like any warehouse not in a seismic rated zone. So as long as there is no earthquake while they’re emptying it, it is “safe”.
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I caught this too
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It’s amazing how Medieval human like robots are looking now days …
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Allow me to fix this error for you –
“Each associate, tasked with moving the inventory, was SOLD one of these”
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If you want to get technical …
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Hello from Fulfillment by Merchant,
This is to inform you that for the ASIN : LIT1 as we have identified poor quality or defect issues based on the following Building Inspector comments:
Constructed badly. Will fall down in earthquake.
Faulty building from factory - falls down on my head.
Did not work.
As this a repeated occurrence that the ASIN has had an Inspector feedback issue, we will require:
-A Plan of Action that addresses the Inspector issue,
-A confirmation whether the units in your inventory are free from the above-mentioned defect, and
-A confirmation that your inventory which are our fulfillment centers has the same updates as stated in your POA.
A Plan of Action should include any of the following:
-Kindly test the warehouse and provide us the test reports.
-Please share the warehouse’s User Manual (PDF Version, less than 10 MB) or other documents (Trouble shooting steps, Specs sheet or video) that can be updated on amazon website for Inspectors’ reference.
-Confirm if there were any updates made to the warehouse recently, if yes, please provide the details and updated documents (manual, instructional videos, etc.)
A successful Plan of Action will always be directly related to the root cause of the customer reported issue and may include but is not limited to:
• Listing detail page updates
• Warehouse design changes
• Improved instruction manuals
• Inventory removal orders (demolition)
To send us your POA and confirmation of inventory, please reply to this case within Seller Central. This case will remain open for 48 hours while we await your response.
Thank you for engineering with Amazon,
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I look forward to writing these until they use up all their appeals and I can tell them I may no longer respond to their BS emails telling us they are screwing us for their screw ups.
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