- My Forums
- Tiger Rant
- LSU Recruiting
- SEC Rant
- Saints Talk
- Pelicans Talk
- More Sports Board
- Fantasy Sports
- Golf Board
- Soccer Board
- O-T Lounge
- Tech Board
- Home/Garden Board
- Outdoor Board
- Health/Fitness Board
- Movie/TV Board
- Book Board
- Music Board
- Political Talk
- Money Talk
- Fark Board
- Gaming Board
- Travel Board
- Food/Drink Board
- Ticket Exchange
- TD Help Board
Customize My Forums- View All Forums
- Show Left Links
- Topic Sort Options
- Trending Topics
- Recent Topics
- Active Topics
Started By
Message
re: Bourbon street construction nearly 3x over budget
Posted on 2/1/18 at 12:20 pm to notiger1997
Posted on 2/1/18 at 12:20 pm to notiger1997
quote:
I could imagine how the bid process went. Contractors show up to look around and are given some half assed drawings with little to no detail. Hell, there probably aren't even any records worth a damn going back more than 20 years on what's under Bourbon.
So the guys break ground and start finding all kinds of piping, electrical, sewage stuff there was not expected.
but they learned their lesson
0
Posted on 2/1/18 at 12:20 pm to TH03
Wonder what the final body count will be once all the digging is done.
Vegas has 12/1 odds that Jimmy Hoffa is going to finally be found.
Vegas has 12/1 odds that Jimmy Hoffa is going to finally be found.
Posted on 2/1/18 at 12:20 pm to Nado Jenkins83
quote:
Ohh i agree but you have to allot time for that shite
But if you do that you'll never win a bid. You bid on the shitty plans you get and hope for the best and if you run into problems it's change order time.
Posted on 2/1/18 at 12:21 pm to Dire Wolf
quote:
skyrocketed from an original estimate of $6 million last spring to $13 million in August, and now to $17 million.
Posted on 2/1/18 at 12:21 pm to Dire Wolf
This is surprising to no one. Louisiana is a shite hole because of crooked arse politics
Posted on 2/1/18 at 12:21 pm to Dire Wolf
quote:
Dani Galloway, the interim director of the city's Department of Public Works
Meh, IWNHI
Posted on 2/1/18 at 12:22 pm to Dire Wolf
quote:
Bourbon street
Shithole
Posted on 2/1/18 at 12:23 pm to Ben Hur
quote:
So it's now over 4X the original bid. What's even the point of the bid process when you can change order that much?
Posted on 2/1/18 at 12:23 pm to Agforlife
quote:
You bid on the shitty plans you get and hope for the best and if you run into problems it's change order time.
Honestly, if you were going to try to run cover for some corruption, this is probably as close to a perfect scenario as it gets.
Posted on 2/1/18 at 12:23 pm to LSUBoo
Posted on 2/1/18 at 12:24 pm to Dire Wolf
quote:
3x over budget
shite that's a bargain for you guys....props
Posted on 2/1/18 at 12:25 pm to LSUBoo
Does the small one say original contract?
Posted on 2/1/18 at 12:25 pm to starsandstripes
quote:quote:
Bourbon street
Shithole
Hence the need for a renovation..
Posted on 2/1/18 at 12:25 pm to TH03
quote:
Does the small one say original contract?
Yes.
Posted on 2/1/18 at 12:27 pm to Ben Hur
I hope they pave the street in whatever they make those piss pucks out of. It would give it a fresh scent smell.
Posted on 2/1/18 at 12:27 pm to LSUBoo
That's great.
Posted on 2/1/18 at 12:28 pm to upgrayedd
quote:
Honestly, if you were going to try to run cover for some corruption, this is probably as close to a perfect scenario as it gets.
Yep, most of the time the plans we get are pretty straightforward but I've had some nightmare projects too.
Posted on 2/1/18 at 12:28 pm to Ben Hur
It'll be back to bourbon Street standards within a month
Posted on 2/1/18 at 12:34 pm to Dire Wolf
BR > NOLA
Mayor SWB would have spent $5 million on an assessment executed by Southern University officials LONG before they broke ground on such a project and started increasing their EAC as every day passes.
SWB > ML
Mayor SWB would have spent $5 million on an assessment executed by Southern University officials LONG before they broke ground on such a project and started increasing their EAC as every day passes.
SWB > ML
Posted on 2/1/18 at 12:36 pm to Dire Wolf
Knowing how this stuff works, the city is incompetent to accept a bid 1M under everyone else without vetting everything completely before signing the contract.
Differing site conditions matter and they should be entitled to an equitable adjustment for those problem, but to tack on more work in scope to an existing maitnence agreement is bad public procurement practice.
This is incompetence in action, not necessarily fraud.
Differing site conditions matter and they should be entitled to an equitable adjustment for those problem, but to tack on more work in scope to an existing maitnence agreement is bad public procurement practice.
This is incompetence in action, not necessarily fraud.
This post was edited on 2/1/18 at 12:37 pm
Page 2 of 5
Popular
Back to top
Follow TigerDroppings for LSU Football News