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Silver line postponed once again!
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Silver-line+1
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Date: February 24, 2014 11:44PM
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Silver Line construction not finished; opening delayed again
Monday - 2/24/2014, 7:43pm ET
WASHINGTON - Work on the Silver Line is not yet complete and the public opening of the massive public transit expansion will be delayed again, officials at the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority said Monday.
Dulles Transit Partners, the contractor building the $2.9 billion rail extension, said earlier this month that it had substantially completed work on the first phase of the Silver Line. But MWAA officials now say the contractor has yet to finish seven of 12 key areas including a lack of occupancy certificates for stations and the Tysons tunnel.
Silver Line construction not finished; opening delayed again
Monday - 2/24/2014, 7:43pm ET
WASHINGTON - Work on the Silver Line is not yet complete and the public opening of the massive public transit expansion will be delayed again, officials at the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority said Monday.
Dulles Transit Partners, the contractor building the $2.9 billion rail extension, said earlier this month that it had substantially completed work on the first phase of the Silver Line. But MWAA officials now say the contractor has yet to finish seven of 12 key areas including a lack of occupancy certificates for stations and the Tysons tunnel.
Re: Silver line postponed once again!
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Union Labor
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Date: February 25, 2014 08:31AM
The union hasn't finished milking this job for every last dollar they can squeeze out of it.
Re: Silver line postponed once again!
Posted by:
nYjkG
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Date: February 25, 2014 08:37AM
Great, yet another thread on this!
Re: Silver line postponed once again!
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Price change = $0
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Date: February 25, 2014 08:38AM
Union Labor Wrote:
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> The union hasn't finished milking this job for
> every last dollar they can squeeze out of it.
Other than a known contract issue that was added as a change order the project hasn't had a single cent of cost over run. The changes left are all at contract cost. Thats the magic of a lump sum
You stupid fuck
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> The union hasn't finished milking this job for
> every last dollar they can squeeze out of it.
Other than a known contract issue that was added as a change order the project hasn't had a single cent of cost over run. The changes left are all at contract cost. Thats the magic of a lump sum
You stupid fuck
Re: Silver line postponed once again!
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local contractor
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Date: February 25, 2014 08:56AM
The job is really completed but I have not located a place to dump the bodies of the illegal day laborers. I'm running out of places and may have to travel to another county to dump the bodies. Just give me some time please.
Re: Silver line postponed once again!
Posted by:
Hal Pinghand
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Date: February 25, 2014 09:18AM
local contractor Wrote:
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> The job is really completed but I have not located
> a place to dump the bodies of the illegal day
> laborers. I'm running out of places and may have
> to travel to another county to dump the bodies.
> Just give me some time please.
A couple of recommendations: Westfield HS, The Lamb Center, Remey Tomb/Crypt, Burke Lake (or Lake Burke), Melinda Ardinger's car or backyard, the 1903 Victorian in Old Town Manassas...
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> The job is really completed but I have not located
> a place to dump the bodies of the illegal day
> laborers. I'm running out of places and may have
> to travel to another county to dump the bodies.
> Just give me some time please.
A couple of recommendations: Westfield HS, The Lamb Center, Remey Tomb/Crypt, Burke Lake (or Lake Burke), Melinda Ardinger's car or backyard, the 1903 Victorian in Old Town Manassas...
Re: Silver line postponed once again!
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Huh
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Date: February 25, 2014 09:19AM
Was there a punch list?
Re: Silver line postponed once again!
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Union labor = garbage
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Date: February 25, 2014 11:10AM
Union Labor Wrote:
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> The union hasn't finished milking this job for
> every last dollar they can squeeze out of it.
Lets not jump to any conclusions.
It could just be good old-fashioned incompetence. Another typical quality of union labor.
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> The union hasn't finished milking this job for
> every last dollar they can squeeze out of it.
Lets not jump to any conclusions.
It could just be good old-fashioned incompetence. Another typical quality of union labor.
Re: Silver line postponed once again!
Posted by:
AAA #1 Best American Contracting
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Date: February 25, 2014 11:11AM
local contractor Wrote:
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> The job is really completed but I have not located
> a place to dump the bodies of the illegal day
> laborers. I'm running out of places and may have
> to travel to another county to dump the bodies.
> Just give me some time please.
+1
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> The job is really completed but I have not located
> a place to dump the bodies of the illegal day
> laborers. I'm running out of places and may have
> to travel to another county to dump the bodies.
> Just give me some time please.
+1
Re: Silver line postponed once again!
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MWAA failure
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Date: February 25, 2014 12:13PM
The MWAA project manager should have been checking on the status of the deficient items during construction.
Re: Silver line postponed once again!
Posted by:
Consuela
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Date: February 25, 2014 01:33PM
Maybe their hiring practices as a first indicator there might be a problem.
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Re: Silver line postponed once again!
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Oh the irony
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Date: February 25, 2014 01:37PM
Consuela Wrote:
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> Maybe their hiring practices as a first indicator
> there might be a problem.
You union hating dipshits don't realize that a PLA actually all but removes the ability to have undocumented immigrants on the labor force. Phase 1 ended up with one, so actually that picture is less relevant to the metro construction as it was to your likely shoddy mcmansion out in podunk.
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> Maybe their hiring practices as a first indicator
> there might be a problem.
You union hating dipshits don't realize that a PLA actually all but removes the ability to have undocumented immigrants on the labor force. Phase 1 ended up with one, so actually that picture is less relevant to the metro construction as it was to your likely shoddy mcmansion out in podunk.
Re: Silver line postponed once again!
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Proof?
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Date: February 25, 2014 06:07PM
Price change = $0 Wrote:
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> Union Labor Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > The union hasn't finished milking this job for
> > every last dollar they can squeeze out of it.
>
>
> Other than a known contract issue that was added
> as a change order the project hasn't had a single
> cent of cost over run. The changes left are all at
> contract cost. Thats the magic of a lump sum
>
> You stupid fuck
Link?
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> Union Labor Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > The union hasn't finished milking this job for
> > every last dollar they can squeeze out of it.
>
>
> Other than a known contract issue that was added
> as a change order the project hasn't had a single
> cent of cost over run. The changes left are all at
> contract cost. Thats the magic of a lump sum
>
> You stupid fuck
Link?
Re: Silver line postponed once again!
Posted by:
Debbie Downer Democrat XXX
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Date: February 25, 2014 06:29PM
I guess nobody is really surprised that this project is taking longer to activate. It seems like they want to test many scenarios out, which appear to happen at off hours. They don't want to be completely embarrassed if they were to overlook something major.
And then we have people like Rep. Gerry Connolly having his pipe dream of extending the orange line to Centreville, or even further. I'll give him credit for thinking, but being that I-66 isn't divided like inside the beltway and out to Vienna, the trek to extend the metro to Centreville would be a big, big expenditure to take on.
Even what is supposed to be a high speed rail through the California valley is appearing to run about $91 Billion dollars, but that is for 800+ miles. Still a lot of coin, though, and the estimate costs which are $91 Billion, which reflects a doubling of the original projections.
And then we have people like Rep. Gerry Connolly having his pipe dream of extending the orange line to Centreville, or even further. I'll give him credit for thinking, but being that I-66 isn't divided like inside the beltway and out to Vienna, the trek to extend the metro to Centreville would be a big, big expenditure to take on.
Even what is supposed to be a high speed rail through the California valley is appearing to run about $91 Billion dollars, but that is for 800+ miles. Still a lot of coin, though, and the estimate costs which are $91 Billion, which reflects a doubling of the original projections.