Comment 66945

By H+H (registered) - website | Posted July 26, 2011 at 20:41:07

The asbestos has to be removed whether they tear it down or not. You are not allowed to demolish a building that contains asbestos and just let it dissipate into the environment.

So, given that the cost of asbestos removal is fixed, you then have to ask what else needs to be replaced. HVAC, electrical, floor coverings, ceiling lights. All of these are costs that will be present in a brand new building. None of these are heritage features. Not one of them.

I'm not saying that the costs are identical, but let's not get too carried away with how much we'll save with a shiny new building. If it doesn't cost much to build it, it's because it's made of cheaply. You can't simply project manage your way out of it. The proposed new Mac Med Campus is generic corporate architecture, with a clumsy homage to the shape of the Council chambers. I understand that we don't all see architecture, or art, or literature, or film, etc. the same way. But let's not be wowed by something that looks like it belongs on the side of the QEW.

Once again, Councillors are obsessed with shiny objects and can't seem to think straight whenever they see them.

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