CSPAN Key Capitol Hill Hearings January 4, 2014
Birds from nesting in capitals. When we started this project, there was a major water event in of 1990 that deposited a large amount of water on the floor of the rotunda and it was through our investigations that we discovered bird nesting materials and debris from eating dome was what clogged the gutter system, caused the water the interstitial space and cascade into the rotunda so weve taken on a series of projects since that time to ensure that the drainage system is never compromised again by debris and it led to the development of the master plan and the study of the iron work and to the ...