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$1.2 million dollars to renovate bathrooms? And people here don't think that is outrageous? I just don't see how remodeling bathrooms would really cost that much.
I can tell you aren't involved in construction, let alone commercial construction, let alone government construction.
You want to know why that isn't outrageous?
I've got a set on my desk for renovating a 6000 sf town hall with 2 restrooms. Bids came in between $6,200,000 and $8,000,000. And the $6.2M wasn't even a qualified bid!
Costs are highly controlled - they are dictated by GSA and unions - and all public projects bigger than a very, very low ceiling have to go to public bid and HAVE to take the lowest reasonable bid. And you better have a very, very good reason to throw out a bid, or else the contractor will hold the project up in court for potentially years contesting it.
I can tell you aren't involved in construction, let alone commercial construction, let alone government construction.
You want to know why that isn't outrageous?
I've got a set on my desk for renovating a 6000 sf town hall with 2 restrooms. Bids came in between $6,200,000 and $8,000,000. And the $6.2M wasn't even a qualified bid!
Costs are highly controlled - they are dictated by GSA and unions - and all public projects bigger than a very, very low ceiling have to go to public bid and HAVE to take the lowest reasonable bid. And you better have a very, very good reason to throw out a bid, or else the contractor will hold the project up in court for potentially years contesting it.
Exactly. The problem here is that people think $1.2 million is a lot of money, but it's peanuts in the construction world. I think the terminology we used was "lowest responsible bidder". That way we had the ability to go to the No. 2 bid if we discovered that there was an error in the calculations or if we found out during the background check/vetting that the bidder had some issue that would preclude us from awarding.
I think the restrooms should have protections for females, against pedophiles, and I am serious. This is especially for if any young pre pubescent females ever visit the White House..... Come to think of it, perhaps we simply should just ban all young pre pubescent females from the White House all together. Or better yet just keep them far, far, far, away from the President. For everyone’s safety......
"I think the restrooms should have protections for females, against pedophiles, and I am serious." And it costs , "To the tune of $1,200,000.00" to do that?
Don’t like Joe Biden but many past US Presidents have gone through expensive redecorating and renovations in the past.
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