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2009-03-15 Home Front Economy

'Bridge to Microsoft' Is One of Puget Sound Prizes in Stimulus

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Posted by Fred 2009-03-15 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 There is a Washington DOT website for this project (which would be an overpass over state route 520 to connect 31st and 36th streets).

In that website, it looks as if Microsoft is paying all the costs.

Posted by mhw 2009-03-15 12:21|| 2009-03-15 12:21|| Front Page Top

#2 The advantage of MS paying for all of it is that the usual patronage highway construction [and kickback] outfits won't necessarily get the job. A lot of such building 'stim' is just going to be recycled to the same old, same old people in the politically connected world at the local and state level.

Given MS history, I'd skip the 'overpass' and go for another design that can't 'crash'.

Posted by Procopius2k 2009-03-15 16:40|| 2009-03-15 16:40|| Front Page Top

#3 usual patronage highway construction [and kickback] outfits won't necessarily get the job. A lot of such building 'stim' is just going to be recycled to the same old, same old people in the politically connected world at the local and state level.

I don't know how you do it where you live, P2K, but even here in CA, the land of fruits and nuts, we do it be sealed bid, with lowest responsible* bid winning. Successful companies do repeated contracts because they submit the lowest bid and know how to do it (I do bridges) right and still make their profit

* responsible = bid item prices are not unreasonably skewed ( like 60% mobilization) or screwed up. That mobilization was an open door for theft and run til the subsequent Special Provisions shut that door (Green Book and Caltrans)

Posted by Frank G 2009-03-15 17:08|| 2009-03-15 17:08|| Front Page Top

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