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Even IF, by some miracle, the bathrooms HAD been built for 285k and on time (another miracle), the costs would have been over $250 a square foot- TWICE the usual and customary costs! It clearly should have been rebid at that point. The bathrooms were NEW construction, not a repair. New construction doesnt include hookups usually? I find THAT hard to believe. Skip Reed is a General Contractor and an employee of the City. He regularly uses $125 a square foot in his calculations for construction projects here in the city that he inspects and approves. The numbers I have presented here are the usual and customary costs for new construction here in S Fla., as indicated by my insurance company and some local General Contractors. Dr. Mel P. Johnson

bathroom brainfreeze

It is possible that the final numbers released for the bathrooms is accurate. There were $48,300 in change orders involved there. The total put forward is $413,869.10, which is ONLY $206,934.55 EACH. Is there ANYBODY ANYWHERE that has 558 square foot bathrooms that cost over $200,000 EACH? Trump? Buffett? Gates? Possibly. THIS is the guy who will be responsible for building a 32,000 square foot building ???? These are bathrooms that originally didnt include any sewer, water, or electric hookups! For most people those are pretty much neccessary to utilize any bathrooms, no? How could they NOT be included in the original costs? Incredible. Gym IS pretty sure that the new gymnasium project will have those hookups, right? Those services are included in the original prices, right? What else has been forgotten on this new project and will have to be added later? as an expensive change order? like with the bathrooms?