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In message , at 15:06:47 on Fri, 14 Oct
2016, tim... remarked: we already have 30 million sunk cost what did that pay for? The project so far? which as it can't possible be for any construction work must be the design work. And I would expect (give the total size of the expected costs) that 30 million would pay for the complete design work necessary. Not just some holding work with more to come later. The only reason that you keep such designers on a retainer after they have completed the design is to make sure that the buiders actually build to the design and that's going to be a minimal amount of work. It's most of the work (see the way Cambridge CC botched monitoring BAM Nuttall delivering the Guided Busway). -- Roland Perry |
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"Roland Perry" wrote in message ... In message , at 15:06:47 on Fri, 14 Oct 2016, tim... remarked: we already have 30 million sunk cost what did that pay for? The project so far? which as it can't possible be for any construction work must be the design work. And I would expect (give the total size of the expected costs) that 30 million would pay for the complete design work necessary. Not just some holding work with more to come later. The only reason that you keep such designers on a retainer after they have completed the design is to make sure that the buiders actually build to the design and that's going to be a minimal amount of work. It's most of the work don't be silly architects fees for overseeing build works are usually 5% of the build costs (and the retainer is going to be a percentage of that) (see the way Cambridge CC botched monitoring BAM Nuttall delivering the Guided Busway). This was a major project undertaken by an authority that didn't usually undertake such major projects That it went wrong proves nothing tim |
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In message , at 17:32:17 on Fri, 14 Oct
2016, tim... remarked: The only reason that you keep such designers on a retainer after they have completed the design is to make sure that the buiders actually build to the design and that's going to be a minimal amount of work. It's most of the work don't be silly architects fees for overseeing build works are usually 5% of the build costs (and the retainer is going to be a percentage of that) It's most of the work done by the architects. (see the way Cambridge CC botched monitoring BAM Nuttall delivering the Guided Busway). This was a major project undertaken by an authority that didn't usually undertake such major projects That it went wrong proves nothing It proves that you need to spend years monitoring the build and the snagging, not after you've spent not very long drawing up enough plans to get the project funded. -- Roland Perry |
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