NYC building specification

[BlueStreak]

Originally Posted by piece-itpete

I can see the need for some EE and safety, of course. It doesn't change the fact that this spec is a bloated disaster, probably written by some incompetent crony. Who obviously also has another incompetent crony as a boss. Who reports to an incompetent politician.

Or the politician skipped the middlemen and hired his incompetent and/or uncaring buddy directly as a consultant.

Then once a contractor gets the inflated job he'll get monstrous no bid change orders just to make it work. Kinda. If the city is even lucky enough for it to work until the cleanup's done.

But that's OK, because he's paid up with the local councilman too

Pete

You've just explained how things work at Federal Mogul and the coffee plant where I now work. Both of them private sector, of course. Just substitute the word "politician" with the word "manager".

Dave

[Charles]

Originally Posted by BlueStreak

You've just explained how things work at Federal Mogul and the coffee plant where I now work. Both of them private sector, of course. Just substitute the word "politician" with the word "manager".

Dave

You just need to rub a little of that "brown" stuff on your nose.

That's the American way to higher pay.

Chas

[piece-itpete]

I translate specs into English all the time, and while there are issues NOTHING comes close to the sheer incompetence of this one. It's actually laughable, because I'm not a NYC resident.

The whole consultant thing usually actually gets worse as city size gets smaller because the number of people in on it gets smaller too. It's a great way for politicos to grease their friends and contributors palms while saying 'It's under budget!'.

I don't understand the argument. Are some so invested in the goodness and light of government that they deny this stuff? It's the way patronage machines work.

Btw, an hour ago I was informed by a general contractor that the spec is so bad the city is delaying bid deadline until it can be rewritten.

Pete

[BlueStreak]

Originally Posted by Charles

You just need to rub a little of that "brown" stuff on your nose.

That's the American way to higher pay.

Chas

I thought the American way was to, "Work hard and keep your nose clean."?

Come to think of it, the last time I heard that sage advise was during the Reagan administration. Right about the time the "Greed is Good!" mantra seized the public psyche.

Now, look at us.

Dave

[whell]

Originally Posted by piece-itpete

I translate specs into English all the time, and while there are issues NOTHING comes close to the sheer incompetence of this one. It's actually laughable, because I'm not a NYC resident.

No worries. Carlos Danger will fix all this when he's mayor.

[bobabode]

Originally Posted by whell

No worries. Carlos Danger will fix all this when he's mayor.

HAW! If nothing else, Weiner is providing you conservatives with a distracting issue. Keep your eyes on the ball, Mike.