Comment 39485

By edb (anonymous) | Posted April 06, 2010 at 15:53:45

You can rest assured that the various subs involved with this project over inflated their numbers during the bidding process. They all know full well that those involved on the city's end have no clue on true material/labor costs in construction let alone any real ability to make an informed decision on who actually should do the work. Essentially what we now have is painted pre-cast and a replication of the original building envelope with a new anchoring system. Of course it comes in "under budget" when the city's original estimate seems to have been done with cocktail napkins and a box of crayons. The sad reality is that this horrible monstrosity even with its projected "savings" is probably still overpriced by about 5 million.
O ya, let’s not forget the 35 million federal infrastructure money the city so cleverly threw into this sham. I guess the pothole problem in this city must have been solved when I wasn't looking.

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