LOLOL Change orders.Originally posted by HiTempguy1
$8 billion gets you an oilsands plant, $5 billion gets you a 1/4 of a ring road?
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It'll get you partial completion; maybe the most expensive part, but it's more expensive altogether. That's why they build big refineries in stages.Originally posted by cjblair
a) $8B might get you part of/most of an oilsands plant, but probably not in it's entirety.
b) having said that, comparison to the oil construction industry is an interesting perspective. It costs a fuck load more to build anything in Ft Mac than it could ever cost in Calgary, so how on earth do they get to $5B?
IMO, government contracts always cost more because they go for the cheapest firms then they jack their prices with changes or additions. I don't think government bids are lump sum.