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Stoney · #1 10-20-2014, 08:25 PM

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Did you hear about the NYPD Academy flooring debacle?

High-tech floor at new NYPD academy is already falling apart | New York Post

(And spending $750 million on the thing reeks of corruption, considering that the construction cost of #1 WTC is something like $3.9 billion and is a much larger engineering project.)

8 years ago I quit the firm that did the Construction Inspection on that job...now you know why. 2 people who were involved in Structural Inspection on that job quit because they were pressured to look the other way on major issues. I helped them find jobs elsewhere.

spdrun · #2 10-21-2014, 12:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Stoney

8 years ago I quit the firm that did the Construction Inspection on that job...now you know why. 2 people who were involved in Structural Inspection on that job quit because they were pressured to look the other way on major issues. I helped them find jobs elsewhere.

That's only part of the problem. Overrun has been $100 million. But it's obscene that the thing was slated to cost $650 million in the first place.

Sometimes I think that the Chinese have the right idea of how to deal with serious corruption...

suginami · #3 10-21-2014, 03:29 PM

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Originally Posted by spdrun

Sometimes I think that the Chinese have the right idea of how to deal with serious corruption...

Firing squad?