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re: Bourbon Street work: Costs for one block near $1 million
Posted on 7/26/17 at 1:06 am to tgrbaitn08
Posted on 7/26/17 at 1:06 am to tgrbaitn08
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Well I think Boh Bros has sucked enough money out of the city as it is. They are as crooked and rotten as the rest of the city.
Hard Rock Construction, not Boh Brothers, is in charge of the project.
from Nola.com
And also take note that the Bourbon Street project was never put out to bid. See the WWL report below.
WWL report
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Posted on 7/26/17 at 1:20 am to AbitaFan08
Mitch Landrieu fricks goats.
Posted on 7/26/17 at 4:12 am to AbitaFan08
During the last two years, my single block on Dumaine Street was torn up for 15 months. They had to spend way over a million. Couple of years back, same story for the 100 block of Chartres.
Posted on 7/26/17 at 4:33 am to AbitaFan08
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Seriously, when is the last time you've heard of a government project in New Orleans actually function according to plan?
I hear about it a lot actually.
But anything involving Mitch is usually fricked, so this particular story is expected.
Posted on 7/26/17 at 4:36 am to supadave3
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I know nothing about street repair but this sounds absolutely insane. How and why in the hell could it take 8 freaking years?
Pretty sure that guy is talking out to his arse.
Posted on 7/26/17 at 5:00 am to NIH
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Banana republic. And LOL at people who think it'll get better. Just wait until the local ignorants and SJWs put LaToya Cantrell in office.
The political equivalent of beating AIDS only to contract Ebola.
Posted on 7/26/17 at 5:06 am to NIH
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Just wait until the local ignorants and SJWs put LaToya Cantrell in office.
White flight part 2
Posted on 7/26/17 at 6:38 am to TigerWise
They knew there would be change orders that would balloon the price but you really never know what's down there until you dig. In Bourbon's case, the streets been there for well over two centuries...whether accounting for NEPA/NHPA compliance concerns (FEDGov to NOLA: If you find a single arrowhead, stop all construction, alert us and then hire an archaeologist to catalog it and devise a plan moving forward to inspect the area for additional historical/cultural/archaeological significance. No, I'm not making that up either) or my hunch that half the utility lines down below the surface are ancient and/or not even documented, the thought that this project would be brought in on budget is laughable.
Now...that change orders are ballooning this much? You can potentially point to Mitch and funnybusiness to support some of it. But the majority is just the nature of what they're doing and where they happen to be doing it at.
Now...that change orders are ballooning this much? You can potentially point to Mitch and funnybusiness to support some of it. But the majority is just the nature of what they're doing and where they happen to be doing it at.
Posted on 7/26/17 at 6:52 am to GFunk
I believe Mitch's cousin has the contract to supply the concrete for the project.
Nothing to see here, move along.
Nothing to see here, move along.
Posted on 7/26/17 at 7:11 am to AbitaFan08
Has any said frick New Orleans yet? If not, frick NOLA. 
Posted on 7/26/17 at 7:14 am to AbitaFan08
quote:This is stupid as hell.
Now, the city is moving block-by-block on Bourbon, providing new cost estimates for each block rather than one bill for the whole project.
Posted on 7/26/17 at 7:17 am to AbitaFan08
I've always wanted to see an itemized invoice for this type of work.
Posted on 7/26/17 at 7:19 am to AbitaFan08
For $1 million per block, couldn't they have at least used pavers?
Isn't the contractor a Landrieu?
Isn't the contractor a Landrieu?
Posted on 7/26/17 at 7:20 am to Bmath
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I've always wanted to see an itemized invoice for this type of work.
It's not as cool as you'd think it is. Most itemized invoices still massively generalize everything.
Posted on 7/26/17 at 7:27 am to Jcorye1
I'm surprised it didn't go out to bid. But if any local contractors are going to do it, Hard Rock is one the better ones.
This post was edited on 7/26/17 at 7:28 am
Posted on 7/26/17 at 7:28 am to Jimbo21165
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My company has been one of the big boys in that line of work for 75 years. We looked at that project, and passed on even bidding...
You idiots. You bid $2.2M and change order it up to $9M at a cost of about $4M and you profit. Your company is as retarded as Mitch
Posted on 7/26/17 at 7:30 am to saint tiger225
quote:smart decision making is out of the question for these folks,no doubt.
This is stupid as hell
Posted on 7/26/17 at 7:59 am to AbitaFan08
The process is indeed suspect, but Hard Rock did the Sherwood Coursey intersection here in BR years ago and did a great job.
If Hard Rock is as good as they were back then, they picked the right crew, but not bidding the work or having complete documents is not in the public's best interest.
If Hard Rock is as good as they were back then, they picked the right crew, but not bidding the work or having complete documents is not in the public's best interest.
Posted on 7/26/17 at 8:02 am to IT_Dawg
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You idiots. You bid $2.2M and change order it up to $9M at a cost of about $4M and you profit. Your company is as retarded as Mitch
HE clearly doesn't work for Hard Rock, and this contract wasn't bid on. But go ahead and call people idiots.
Posted on 7/26/17 at 8:02 am to doubleb
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If Hard Rock is as good as they were back then, they picked the right crew, but not bidding the work or having complete documents is not in the public's best interest.
Hard Rock is still very good.
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