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Originally Posted by octothorp
Well, if I understand the article right, the only reason the overruns are so small is because they slashed as much as 2 million of landscaping from the project. If that's the case, then we're talking about 8% overruns in other aspects of the project, which, I have to admit, probably deserves an audit.
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My understanding is that the $2 million for landscaping was taken out of the original design in order to keep the project under budget. So they toned down the original design in order to keep the cost under $25 million. Similar to their decision to use concrete for the deck material rather than granite (or whatever the original design called for).
I would guess that the additional $200,000 is for salaries and overhead for the project management team at the city, and not for construction costs. The construction costs are likely way over budget, but should be covered by Graham (they signed a lump sum contract with the city), at least in theory.