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Fun fact: According to this, The Shard, one of Europe's tallest buildings was excavated and fully built in 3 years....that's less time than it has taken to refurbish a pub and sort out a listed wall / skittle alley in Dulwich Village. If this was a government project, heads would roll.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shard

DovertheRoad Wrote:

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> Fun fact: According to this, The Shard, one of

> Europe's tallest buildings was excavated and fully

> built in 3 years....that's less time than it has

> taken to refurbish a pub and sort out a listed

> wall / skittle alley in Dulwich Village. If this

> was a government project, heads would roll.

>

> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shard


The people building The Shard did not have to negotiate with Dulwich Estates..


DulwichFox

Dogkennelhillbilly Wrote:

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> "If this was a government project, heads would

> roll."

>

> Har de har har. Do you read Private Eye?

> Government procurement is legendarily awful.


I suspect if it were a government project, it would probably still be stuck in cycles of feasibility studies. Perhaps a few junior PwC consultants would be buzzing around, working on a "business transformation and streamlining" project.

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