This comment was posted in another thread but deserves more attention. Does anyone have any more information or is Will Robinson willing to provide some more details
HOW DUMB DOES SAM JOHNSON think we are? At last night's (march 8) board meeting Sam tried to award his golf buddy a 24 million dollar contract for construction management. This is the same golf buddy that ran the last projects 80 million dollars over for the last bond meansure (ONLY A 65% OVERRUN!). I did some checking today with a firend who is an architect and according to the state office of school construction the maximum fee for a 200 million dollar program should be about 8 million dollars. Can you say "Halliburton"????
People, wake up!, we are talking about our property taxes here!! Thankfully at least one board member (probably the only one not in Sam's pocket) is paying attention. Danger, danger, danger. - Will Robinson
HOW DUMB DOES SAM JOHNSON think we are? At last night's (march 8) board meeting Sam tried to award his golf buddy a 24 million dollar contract for construction management. This is the same golf buddy that ran the last projects 80 million dollars over for the last bond meansure (ONLY A 65% OVERRUN!). I did some checking today with a firend who is an architect and according to the state office of school construction the maximum fee for a 200 million dollar program should be about 8 million dollars. Can you say "Halliburton"????
People, wake up!, we are talking about our property taxes here!! Thankfully at least one board member (probably the only one not in Sam's pocket) is paying attention. Danger, danger, danger. - Will Robinson
- Written by JC
If a $137 million project had a $73 million cost overrune, how much will of an overrun will a $298 million progject have? (maybe it will be the same 65% !)
The tax payers will be deeper in debt and the fat cats will hold all the money. It pays to be friends with Sam.
Everyone is screaming about the unions and the construction companies are running away with the money.
Will Robinson, can you give us anymore details?
Are the fee structures for project managment known?
Should the board have knowledge of these limits?
Posted by: KRN | March 20, 2007 at 09:13 PM