28 July, 2006

One more disaster. Nothing to see here, so move on.......

So what's the big deal? “They are under a ‘term contract,’ which means their job is over when their money ends,” Mr. Snider said. So despite not finishing the hospital, he said, “they did complete the contract.”
Series of Woes Mar Iraq Project Hailed as Model - New York Times
The United States is dropping Bechtel, the American construction giant, from a project to build a high-tech children’s hospital in the southern Iraqi city of Basra after the project fell nearly a year behind schedule and exceeded its expected cost by as much as 150 percent.

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