cantab wrote:Is this an

[CA renter]

[quote=cantab]Is this an example of excessive government spending on buildings? $78,000 per room to renovate a building that is only 23 years old.

From http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=68399:

“$8.8 million … to renovate a bachelor enlisted quarters (BEQ) at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton.

“BEQ 41371 is a three-story motel style barracks that was constructed in 1989,” said Dan Tokatlian, NAVFAC Southwest project manager for the renovation. “It has 132 rooms and houses 396 Marines. The building does not meet many current codes, and it is not energy efficient.”

The project will include the installation of a roof mounted 50kW photovoltaic system. An unexercised option and one planned modification in the task order could lead to a total award of $10.37 million. The planned modification will include furniture, fixtures, and equipment.”

For anyone who wants details, see http://www.adgcinc.com/MACC0019/RFP.pdf

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Again, PRIVATE contractors, not public workers/unions.

I guarantee you, they could get it done more cheaply if they used govt workers.

If you want to address fraud and abuse, you’ll find the majority of it comes from deals where public money and PRIVATE companies/interests intersect. It dwarfs any fraud/abuse done on the part of public workers.