TAX restarts but stink still mystery

By Geelong Story Updates
Work resumed on Geelong’s $80 million TAC building yesterday but the source of a stink that drove workers off site remained a mystery.
A worker fell ill as colleagues and nearby businesses complained of the smell last week before the EPA and WorkSafe ordered a site shutdown.
Jason Smith, of building developer FKP, said tests had only established the source of the stink was a “hydrocarbon”.
“We don’t know exactly what it was,” he said.
“The substance has been tested and deemed not to be detrimental to the health of workers onsite or anyone offsite.”
Mr Smith said workers would spend the next few days removing the substance, which he described as like a smelly soil with a “greenish” colour, before resuming work on the building next week.
The worker who fell ill had fully recovered, Mr Smith said.