[Bring_Back_Shantz]

Originally Posted by Muta

Why do you keep saying they're going to be built at a premium? Do you have a source or verified projection on that?

Recreation facilities, like most all other projects, are bid on by the consultants with a certain fee, and then bid on by the contractor through their estimating departments. The estimated design / construction fees will play into who gets these projects. These firms do not collude with each other, since no one else knows who's bidding at any given time. and it's also illegal to do so. The competitive bids, combined with the right experience, are usually the ones that win.

I’m saying they are being built at a premium because they are being built along with an Olympic bid. That’s the premium, putting on the games, not that contractors are going to collude with each other and bid higher.

My point has been pretty clear. If the infrastructure is important enough, and needed, then just build it, don’t use the Olympics as an excuse to build something. We can spend money on the needed projects, or we can spend money on the needed projects AND pay the IOC and all the other costs that come with hosting the games.. One is substantially cheaper.