Comment 81722

By Mahesh_P_Butani (registered) - website | Posted October 16, 2012 at 00:44:30 in reply to Comment 81681

Lawrence, there is ONE year still available to fix the design. The deadline you mention is nothing but smoke to rush things without public scrutiny.

When over $30 Million is allocated for soft costs which including design, engineering etc - it is one hell of a steep price to pay by any community for such abject mindlessness.

The architects and engineers owe it to the people of Hamilton to give a detail breakdown of all the costs for this design.

Every resident of Hamilton is a financial partner in this venture, and they need to be told how in hell could such a bare bone stadium end up costing $150 Million.

Lawrence, it is not our job to help them re-design the stadium. Cannon Design is being paid a huge amount for this - not you, me or anyone else in our city.

If Cannon Design is incapable of designing something that meets the aspirations of this community, they need to do the honorable thing and resign and Ian Troops needs to call for an Open and transparent design competition that is managed by the Ontario Association of Architects (OAA).

All of this can be achieved within six months, leaving sufficient time for construction.

Mahesh P. Butani

Comment edited by Mahesh_P_Butani on 2012-10-16 01:11:08

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