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Stay Golden · 03-27-2012, 09:53 AM

The cost of the bridge is one thing which according to polls 98% of Calgarians agree 25m was wasted and the bridge was not even needed.

The location was extremely poor. This was not a placement that made any logic what so ever.

The thing that bothered me the most was how this project was closed off to ALL outside and local contractors. There was no open tendor that cityhall allowed any other engineering companies to bid on.

From what I know from dealing with Graham, PCL, Devitt, SNC, Aecon etc that projects of this magnitude are always tendered.

Bronco and Dru Farrell keeping this as a exclusive contract to Calatrava should have been shut down from the start.
Very unscrupulous practice right from the beginning and was forced on the city.
It was the unethical management by City Hall on this project that I feel should have shut this down. Not the cosmetics of the bridge or cost that is an entirely seperate issue to itself.

03-27-2012, 09:53 AM	#2152
Stay Golden Franchise Player Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: STH since 2002 Exp:	The cost of the bridge is one thing which according to polls 98% of Calgarians agree 25m was wasted and the bridge was not even needed. The location was extremely poor. This was not a placement that made any logic what so ever. The thing that bothered me the most was how this project was closed off to ALL outside and local contractors. There was no open tendor that cityhall allowed any other engineering companies to bid on. From what I know from dealing with Graham, PCL, Devitt, SNC, Aecon etc that projects of this magnitude are always tendered. Bronco and Dru Farrell keeping this as a exclusive contract to Calatrava should have been shut down from the start. Very unscrupulous practice right from the beginning and was forced on the city. It was the unethical management by City Hall on this project that I feel should have shut this down. Not the cosmetics of the bridge or cost that is an entirely seperate issue to itself. __________________ Last edited by Stay Golden; 03-27-2012 at 09:55 AM.