Whitehorse’s MacBride Museum Society is suing a local contractor and architecture firm as well as a product manufacturer over a “serious roof leak” in the recently-expanded portion of the downtown museum.

The leak has damaged the museum as well as certain “displays, collections and artefacts,” the society alleged in a statement of claim filed to the Yukon Supreme Court on April 18. 

The society is seeking damages from Ketza Construction Corp., which built the expansion, and Kobayashi + Zedda Architects Ltd., which provided design and consulting services, and Soprema Inc., which manufactured materials used in the roof. 

The allegations have not been tested at trial and no statements of defence have been filed to date.

Ketza Construction general manager Eric Brohman told CBC News in an email that the company has “yet to receive any lawsuit regarding the MacBride Museum” and had also “previously rejected a warranty claim associated with MacBride roof” as it was “outside the scope of Work in the Contract Documents.”

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