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minus-squareAlmacca@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·2 days agoYes, it does. How else do you know what to demolish? Source: am former engineering draftsman. I can only assume the plans were drawn up a long time ago, well before any announcement.
minus-squareMirshe@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 day agoBlueprints aren’t needed if the project is going to be a boondoggle to swindle more cash out of investors. Just keep adding stuff, just keep claiming you NEED to add more stuff, and eventually you wind up with The Big Dig.
minus-squarefrongt@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 days agoSimple. You get in your excavator and start digging.
minus-squareAlmacca@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoAnd then have a big problem when you hit a sewer pipe or electrical cable.
minus-squaredeadbeef79000@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 days agoI’m sure that “problem” only needs another few million dollars to fix. No one is getting paid anyway.
Yes, it does. How else do you know what to demolish? Source: am former engineering draftsman.
I can only assume the plans were drawn up a long time ago, well before any announcement.
Blueprints aren’t needed if the project is going to be a boondoggle to swindle more cash out of investors. Just keep adding stuff, just keep claiming you NEED to add more stuff, and eventually you wind up with The Big Dig.
Simple. You get in your excavator and start digging.
And then have a big problem when you hit a sewer pipe or electrical cable.
I’m sure that “problem” only needs another few million dollars to fix. No one is getting paid anyway.