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Originally Posted by nik-
I don't really think there's any arguing that. If it's all done at once it would likely be cheaper than two separate facilities.
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I would also think so, but look no further than Stampede's BMO expansion to see a counter argument. They built Hall D in the early 2000's, Hall E ~2010, and it looks like they'll finish Hall F in their latest plan. These are pretty much identical, rectangular connected buildings - if there was ever going to be a major cost savings by getting it all done at once, you'd think it would be there.
Of course, there could be other reasons for that decision (lacking the money, wanting to 'right-size' for demand, simple incompetence, etc), and they did achieve a minor benefit by building a higher ceiling in Hall E since they did it later and realized it would be better.