Genuinely looking forward to someone trying to defend this
RebelGrin on
can we do a shelter megathread instead of dozens of similar posts?
Willing-Departure115 on
This is an example of something probably entirely managed by civil servants, that never touched a ministers desk (it’s €336k out of €110bn spent by the state), for which politicians will catch most of the heat.
Knowing how public sector procurement works (it’s really designed to ensure a process is followed and remove as much risk of corruption as possible) the providers who quoted will have all had big windows and seen them coming. If you get your tender done and the prices are shite, those are the prices. You can scrap the whole thing but you can’t just tell the providers “ah here.” But some officials decided to go ahead and it’ll put egg on the face of a politician before it ever impacts the career of a lifer.
nh5316 on
Jesus, it’s gone up a grand overnight!
StrictHeat1 on
Great lets through good money after bad, not going to unfuck that cow lads.
sionnach_fi on
Let’s add more money to the money bonfire so we can learn there is a money bonfire and promise not to have future money bonfires.
chilloutus on
That’ll be another million onto the overall cost anyway. Maybe the next time it will only cost 290k!
frankbrett2017 on
The State should be in charge of building all the houses. Boo vulture funds, boo
Potential-Drama-7455 on
Review will be carried out by the company that designed the shelter and cost €500k
Work_Account89 on
I was just reading the article from yesterday. It was only to store 18 bikes! Bloody hell
lamahorses on
The outrage is kind of pointless without a breakdown of the costs. I suspect the majority of these works didn’t involve this bicycle shed.
Satur9es on
The review will cost 900k and nobody will be found at fault.
Rogue7559 on
Meanwhile in my job we have critical infrastructure projects. Anything over 5k needs to go to tender and you need a business case for it.
DuckyD2point0 on
Full review goes as following
Committee: Can you explain why it cost so much
OPW: Yes, because that’s the price .
Committee: Case closed.
Sparklepantsmagoo2 on
Well at least it’s inclusive of vat..jesus wept
Bill_Badbody on
I was looking at the picture yesterday of it.
And I noted all the new tar on the parking spaces, and the new paving stones etc.
So I’m thinking the OPW pulled a council roads department job on it.
They used the funding for active travel, to redo the parking spaces and the path. With the shed being a tiny part of it.
Councils do this a lot with active travel funding. Spend a load of money doing up a road, in the name of adding a cycle lane. And the end product is an unusable unprotected cycle lane, but a lovely newly tarred road.
why_so_serious_now on
How don’t you get it… it’s an “ECO” bike shelter, it absorbs carbon dioxide gas from atmosphere and promotes a good gut bacteria growth up yer bum… hence the price tag…
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Genuinely looking forward to someone trying to defend this
can we do a shelter megathread instead of dozens of similar posts?
This is an example of something probably entirely managed by civil servants, that never touched a ministers desk (it’s €336k out of €110bn spent by the state), for which politicians will catch most of the heat.
Knowing how public sector procurement works (it’s really designed to ensure a process is followed and remove as much risk of corruption as possible) the providers who quoted will have all had big windows and seen them coming. If you get your tender done and the prices are shite, those are the prices. You can scrap the whole thing but you can’t just tell the providers “ah here.” But some officials decided to go ahead and it’ll put egg on the face of a politician before it ever impacts the career of a lifer.
Jesus, it’s gone up a grand overnight!
Great lets through good money after bad, not going to unfuck that cow lads.
Let’s add more money to the money bonfire so we can learn there is a money bonfire and promise not to have future money bonfires.
That’ll be another million onto the overall cost anyway. Maybe the next time it will only cost 290k!
The State should be in charge of building all the houses. Boo vulture funds, boo
Review will be carried out by the company that designed the shelter and cost €500k
I was just reading the article from yesterday. It was only to store 18 bikes! Bloody hell
The outrage is kind of pointless without a breakdown of the costs. I suspect the majority of these works didn’t involve this bicycle shed.
The review will cost 900k and nobody will be found at fault.
Meanwhile in my job we have critical infrastructure projects. Anything over 5k needs to go to tender and you need a business case for it.
Full review goes as following
Committee: Can you explain why it cost so much
OPW: Yes, because that’s the price .
Committee: Case closed.
Well at least it’s inclusive of vat..jesus wept
I was looking at the picture yesterday of it.
And I noted all the new tar on the parking spaces, and the new paving stones etc.
So I’m thinking the OPW pulled a council roads department job on it.
They used the funding for active travel, to redo the parking spaces and the path. With the shed being a tiny part of it.
Councils do this a lot with active travel funding. Spend a load of money doing up a road, in the name of adding a cycle lane. And the end product is an unusable unprotected cycle lane, but a lovely newly tarred road.
How don’t you get it… it’s an “ECO” bike shelter, it absorbs carbon dioxide gas from atmosphere and promotes a good gut bacteria growth up yer bum… hence the price tag…