Would the board have a lot of
experience in delivery of major infrastructure projects.
Cheers pal. Handy for when Iām in to visit you.
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Donāt get sick mate. Itās that easy.
Engineers, architects, lawyers with background in construction, fella involved in major health facility constructions for State, chartered surveyor, finance guys
Wheres the shortfall?
Michael O Leary and Trump
BAM have never been regarded as anything other than a shower of cunts.
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I stand corrected, mate.
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BAM arenāt misbehaving.
Too many people spending someone elseās money, too many changes as a result, too many establishment heads etc.
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Do they need curvey beds to align with the curvey walls?
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The 25 minute walk from Connolly would be nice and handy for someone who is violently ill
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Thanks for the insight.
Youāve respected poster status so your posts carry weight.
No, theyre for the kids with scoliosis
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A man said to me, the first thing that is installed on a BAM site is a claims office (i.e. claiming for extras). They are experts at the tendering process, price the job cheaply to win the gig but then crucify the client on the extras (see ā¬25m for a 200k job). Theyāve also a terrible reputation for ripping off subbies.
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Itās like going into a restaurant on Las Ramblas in Barcelona. 13 quid for a paella, they tell you. That seems reasonableā¦
Then you go in, and the waiter casually asks you do want a plate of jamon as a starter, as if itās expected, almost forcing it on you, and you say, eh, okay, I suppose so.
Then after youāve had your paella and get the bill, it turns out the plate of jamon cost 50 quid.
BAM.
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I dunno, is there an element of S Club 7 to that? Apologies, I meant is there a bit of Hearsay there?
Any construction contract for a significant infra project should have clearly defined processes for changes? For example, quotes from at least x number of suppliers/sub contractors to justify additional costs or variations. Sure there might also be allowances for fees associated with the variation request, e.g. some lawyer type (@artfoley) or technical/QA type (@Gman) might need to review the variation & assess whether its sound.
I work in this area myself, but I donāt claim to be a subject matter expert. But surely they shouldnāt be able to charge an extra ā¬25mn for something that cost ā¬200k unless the contract on the government side has been negotiated by a complete & utter simpleton.
Would never happen
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Iād be reassured if @artfoley posted something legalistic in Latin here to assuage any concerns.
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Yes mate
Would it surprise younto know violently ill people sometimes avail of an ambulance or that not everyone that goes to hospital is violently ill
Thereās definitely a lot of truth in that but a big issue on a lot of these large scale projects is the lack of a detailed design, and widespread contradictions between engineer and architect drawings.
Drawings will generally show the concept of whatās required, but a lot of the onus is put onto subbies to come up with workable proposals for the finer details.
This opens the door for variations to arise and no better shower than BAM to bulldoze through that door.
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