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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