I see the whole thing with CC as a little more nefarious:
1. At the time the contract was awarded to CC, the only ones who knew that the lease certificate money was not enough to cover the cost of putting up the building were CC and Horton and crew.
Had someone else been brought in to manage the project, I would like to believe that one of…
I see the whole thing with CC as a little more nefarious:
1. At the time the contract was awarded to CC, the only ones who knew that the lease certificate money was not enough to cover the cost of putting up the building were CC and Horton and crew.
Had someone else been brought in to manage the project, I would like to believe that one of the first things that they would have said would have been along the lines of, "Hey, you have $40 million to build this, where is the rest of the dough coming from?" The new construction manager would never want to be left holding the bag on a half completed project with no money left to finish it.
Of course, having someone say that would have screwed up Horton and crew polishing their resumes on their way to bigger, better, higher paying jobs.
2. There is some unknown cost difference between what the District has paid CC versus what they would have paid the low responsible bidder. That is money that should have been available for other uses, whether it is paying to build Foster School or educate our kids. Instead it has gone to line the pockets of people who kept their mouths shut about the problems with this project.
There are probably some good reasons to have not shown CC the door when the problems with this project came to light, but they richly deserved it.
I would love to have been a fly on the wall when the CFO was interviewing the 8 construction manager firms. Like, in what way was *he* qualified to evaluate their skills?
I see the whole thing with CC as a little more nefarious:
1. At the time the contract was awarded to CC, the only ones who knew that the lease certificate money was not enough to cover the cost of putting up the building were CC and Horton and crew.
Had someone else been brought in to manage the project, I would like to believe that one of the first things that they would have said would have been along the lines of, "Hey, you have $40 million to build this, where is the rest of the dough coming from?" The new construction manager would never want to be left holding the bag on a half completed project with no money left to finish it.
Of course, having someone say that would have screwed up Horton and crew polishing their resumes on their way to bigger, better, higher paying jobs.
2. There is some unknown cost difference between what the District has paid CC versus what they would have paid the low responsible bidder. That is money that should have been available for other uses, whether it is paying to build Foster School or educate our kids. Instead it has gone to line the pockets of people who kept their mouths shut about the problems with this project.
There are probably some good reasons to have not shown CC the door when the problems with this project came to light, but they richly deserved it.
I would love to have been a fly on the wall when the CFO was interviewing the 8 construction manager firms. Like, in what way was *he* qualified to evaluate their skills?