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Originally Posted by Muta
You know, as someone who works in architecture... I'm actually not mad of the way the City handled this. They actually had the BALLS to go out and single-source a QUALITY AND WELL-KNOWN BRIDGE DESIGNER.
This is the same muncipal government that RFP's 99.9999999% of the work it requires. Anyone in the industry knows how complex these RFP's can get.
Props to them.
We didn't get a chance to design the bridge, but you know what? Who cares. Calatrava is a bridge legend, and will likely produce something more discussion-worthy than most others can. Besides, everyone got a chance on the St. Partrick's Island Bridge, which people seem to forget.
I actually give the City of Calgary credit for the way the Peace Bridge bridge was delivered... but I do know that I'm probably in the extreme minority on this one.
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I don't have issues with the sole sourcing either. The biggest problem I have with the process was that it really seemed that the city was trying to hide something at the very start. The city should have been open from the start, and gotten the city excited about the project from the start.