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Originally Posted by Ozy_Flame
Not necessarily. You need the entire engineering component as well, not to mention the type of materials used, the design of the bridge itself (ex. no posts in the water if that's what the design calls for) and all other associated cost overruns, which there is likely to be.
Let us remember that architects and designers are NOT engineers. They're only one aspect of it, and both need to be involved in building bridges such as these.
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An identical bridge designed and Engineered locally will be cheaper then bringing in the worlds most renowned bridge guy. The per hour rate he bills at will be more then our local firms. The final cost really depends on the design selected.
My problem with the first bridge has always been that is was that the location is uncessary and the the bridge design and engineering was untendered. My second big problem was we were paying for a cool bridge in a location with all kind of design restrictions that prevented from being a truely world class bridge. The second bridge is in a much more needed location and is being tendered fairly, and doesn't have excessive design restrictions.
The other thing is we should expect this bridge to be more expensive as the span is 50% longer then the first bridge.