Norflundon
8:03 Wed Sep 3
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Balfour Beaty in major fuck up shocker.....now there's a surprise NOT!
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Pedant
3:27 Wed Sep 3
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You realise the Millennium Stadium was a monstrous balls up that pretty well bankrupted John Laing, yes?
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Pedant
3:26 Wed Sep 3
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Sauce?
It isn't a cantilever roof it is a tentile roof - so if the sauce described it as such that gives some sense of how much they know.
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Gavros
3:00 Wed Sep 3
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Sold the millenium stadium was a different kettle of fish entirely. They even kept one of the stands of Cardiff arms park in its construction to keep costs down.
there have been two major cost issues with the OS. First was the cost of scrubbing the earth, which was astronomical (there was once a nuclear research facility on site and the ground underneath is still mildly radioactive believe it or not, ii believe around the away end). Second was this retrofit to make it multipurpose. They should have designed it that way in the first place and magnusson said we'd put £100 mil into it but ken Livingston turned it down in favour of a 25k athletics facility that would have been immediately redundant.
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Northern Sold
2:40 Wed Sep 3
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Gav.... it's an embarrassing public paid cash cow... how many Millenium stadiums could we have had for the same tax payers money??
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Gavros
2:36 Wed Sep 3
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Ha! Is that why all the stuff built post war is now being systematically torn down, soldo?
there's been a massive improvement in getting large scale infrastructure projects done in this country in recent years. Plus as noted, the contractor is doing the job at a fixed price.
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Northern Sold
2:32 Wed Sep 3
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What an absolute abortion.... old school contractors would say fuck this .... make a brew... go to the cafe for a soss' sarnie... go to the pub... and fuck off and leave the thing half built....what an embarrassing mess
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jimbo2.
2:15 Wed Sep 3
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Bit of a non story really as the contractor will have to bear the additional cost by the looks of it!
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Johnson
2:15 Wed Sep 3
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A problem at the Olympic Stadium? I won't have it.
It is perfect, nothing will ever go wrong and we'll be GUARANTEED success by going there.
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Gavros
12:16 Wed Sep 3
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Pretty shit journalism, doesn't even explain what the problem is. Ill have a word next time i see the LLDC.
oh and that Boff bloke is a right dick, as well as loving dick.
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Fifth Column
12:13 Wed Sep 3
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His quote was quite funny though,
"So if we are now saying that it is going to cost us £15m more then it is less of the legacy, less of the housing that we need, less of the green space that we need as a result of this stupid roof they've decided to put on a stadium that doesn't work for football or anything."
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Dapablo
12:12 Wed Sep 3
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Should of sold it us then shouldn't they?
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mentor
12:11 Wed Sep 3
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Yes he was a right cunt.
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alphaharps
12:10 Wed Sep 3
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Who is that Tory twat on the Sky Video. Either hates football or is a bitter Spurs fan
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chim chim cha boo
12:03 Wed Sep 3
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According to that report on Sky news the contractors will cover the extra cost by savings elsewhere so it's basically a non-story.
Plus, it's not a stadium that will be used exclusively by West Ham because the rugby world cup will be held there, athletics and loads of other stuff.
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Sir Alf
12:03 Wed Sep 3
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Dr Matt 11:59 Tue Sep 2
Blimey Doc, don't say that too loud. Wasn't that the basis of Tottenham's original bid ?
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El Scorchio
12:00 Wed Sep 3
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Not our problem or responsibility, seen as we're just renting the place! It'll be all ready for 2016, I am sure.
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Dr Matt
11:59 Tue Sep 2
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Why don't they rip it down and restart? Wouldn't have cost a lot more than it already has.
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Jose+
11:51 Tue Sep 2
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http://news.sky.com/story/1329057/exclusive-olympic-stadium-bill-may-rise-15m
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HairySpotter
11:49 Tue Sep 2
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its just getting a worse and worse project
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Jose+
11:49 Tue Sep 2
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Better use of £15 million than Andy Carroll.
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