Lew Hopes to End Bureaucratic Slowdowns With Schools
posted 2:45 pm Mon October 01, 2007 - WASHINGTON
Lew announced they have fired the general contractor and construction manager of the Hardy Middle School project after a review found updates were already $12 million over budget and 6 to 12 months behind schedule.
"It's no longer business as usual." Lew said, "If you fail we're going to terminate you."
Contractors say the blame lies with the city.
"99-percent of everything that's a problem here has to do with the fact that the contractor identified it as a problem, and (the city) didn't address it." Hardy project manager Mike Darling said.
Authorities say the project will cost another $120 million and continue throughout the year. All 142 D.C. public schools are scheduled to have their heating systems updated in the next two weeks and air conditioning by next spring.
School Chancellor Michelle Rhee is encouraged by the progress and hopes their efforts send a clear signal to students.
Latest Comment on Lew Hopes to End Bureaucratic Slowdowns With Schools
rbudzillo
7:22 pm on 10/01/07
Imagine buying all the ingrediants for a 10 lb turkey even the pan for a 10 pound turkey, now you are at home ready to prepare it. Now when it is opened you see it is a X pound turkey, now what? There isn't enough stuffing so go buy more? same with mashed potatoes not enough. So you need to buy more of every thing, so what , run right back out and get some. Wrong, how much do you get, you don't know because you do not know how big the turkey is. Then ask some one but they say they will get back to you on that. every time you ask something you get the same awnser" I will get back to you on that". so lets say you get all the awnsers you need, so you think. the pan is a 10 pound pan and it looks nothing like the what you imagined. Will the pan hold the turkey? Will the shelf in the oven hold the turkey? Will it even fit in the oven?
The steel that i have been installing at rose hardy to support the exsisting floors and allow new one to be made need to be put attached so the connections do not fail. If the exsisting building doesn't look like what the architect thought it did I can't just up and change the steel to make it fit so every one is happy. what if i am wrong and the building collaps and one or 20 children are killed or nothing happens at all and everything is find.
there are problems in the building itself. There is one way to build a building and it is from the ground up, you can't build A B then D we need alot of awnsers and if we do not have them DCPS will be 12 millon over and 12 behind
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