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Originally Posted by hulkrogan
The architect stole money from local contractors how??
He drew up a bridge. The City paid for the drawings, and put it out to tender. Graham said they could do it for $24 million.
They couldn't.
Whoops.
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I never said he stole the money. But he had some influence in convincing the city to accept this design, and in turn the general contractor botched the bid.
In the end tax payers are fuming and the bridge is nominated for wasteful spending awards. But they also got it at a huge discount. Ultimately he is the one guy who didn't lose on this project.
I will admit a bias having recently completed a building in Haiti in which the Architect and Engineer were from Spain. Brutal design drawings, and impossible to get answers from.