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I remember 3-4 years ago, talking to an acquaintance (a friend-of-very-good-friend) who's a structural engineer, has been involved in massive multi-billion dollar infrastructure projects (usually around bridges), and he was very clear, that the original budget was AT LEAST, 1/10th the real budget - and the maintenance support costs not even factored in (and he didn't even address the effectiveness of the design ...)

[QUOTE="DT, post: 115096, member: 36"] I remember 3-4 years ago, talking to an acquaintance (a friend-of-very-good-friend) who's a structural engineer, has been involved in massive multi-billion dollar infrastructure projects (usually around bridges), and he was very clear, that the original budget was AT LEAST, 1/10th the real budget - and the maintenance support costs not even factored in (and he didn't even address the effectiveness of the design ...) [/QUOTE]

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