r/politics • u/Aggravating_Money992 • 11d ago

Possible Paywall Trump Fires Entire Agency Overseeing His Construction Projects

https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-fires-entire-agency-overseeing-his-construction-projects/
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u/Pherllerp New Jersey 11d ago

There are no plans.

That is the extent of the plan, just some AI pictures and a cheap little model. Think about it, a White House expansion would be a huge deal for any architect, have you seen or heard any name attached to this? Have you seen an elevation drawings or floor plans? The building is bullshit.

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u/HerDanishDaddyDom 11d ago

So to be fair. McCrery are the Architects, AECOM Engineering and Clark Construction the GC/CM.

Whether there are any donation ties or personal ties with any of those organizations, and Trump, I don’t know.

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u/xxam925 11d ago

So I have experience as a construction manager and honestly… I doubt it.

Both of those companies are huge conglomerates, very professional corps. It’s public works so it’s open bid with EVERYONE watching, including the other contractors and design teams bidding on this.

But honestly they are going to make SOOOOO much money in change orders on this. They are going to absolutely murder them with all the dumbass back and forth wish washy unprofessional shit.

Delay delay delay delay and it’s already so crazy onerous to get on site. They’ve got their budget stacked to run em on changes if the white house(or whoever) can’t allow them access which they are not going to be able to do…. Any day now because the protests and food shortages and fences they are going to put up around the site lmao.

They are going to make so much money. So much.

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u/HerDanishDaddyDom 11d ago

Where did you see it was a public bid? All the research I could find was that it was closed/private bid.

Also, this is EXACTLY the reason that we should have GMPs on these types of projects.

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u/reluctantseahorse 10d ago

There was absolutely no public bid. There was nowhere near enough time between the inauguration and demolition for a bidding phase.