Clark Construction, AECOM and McCrery Architects.

It is disappointing that firms like Clark and AECOM would take on this project given the cloud of corruption hanging over it. The procurement, design and schedule raises a lot of questions. This has shitshow written all over it.

The lead architect is an architecture professor who appears to work out of his house and has little more than a landing page for a website. Not exactly a star-chitect who might leas such a high-profile project from a small firm. This seems like a questionable choice.

I found this in another thread. The contract was announced 7/31. Clark is a legitimate large DC-area contractor. AECOM is massive and can handle the design work by sending it any one of dozens of offices. Still, 2+ months is a very short duration for ntp to construction.

So the question is how many laws and regulations are being violated by this project. It is hard to believe that the only skipped NCPC review.

And from where are scarce professional time, craft labor, equipment and materials being diverted to complete this vanity project during a gov't shutdown?

Also, while the White House is not fully subject to the DC Construction Codes, the federal government uses similar standards for their facilities (40 USC 3312), typically including the IBC/IEBC for buildings. It is not credible that a ballroom would qualify for a national security exemption.

I would assume that the design professionals and contractors would have to be under an IDIQ contractor to a federal agency already. But issuing task orders takes time. They could be procured together under a design-build contract; the military has such contracts but for more utilitarian structures.

I would expect that existing survey and geotechnical data could be used to accelerate design. However, the structure and its interface with existing work would still have to be designed, in an environment where #engineers and #architects are still relatively busy. Construction documents take time.

So we can now call him “Monarchist Mike”?

#monarchistmike

I would not be surprised if Corey said this because he is too stupid to understand that Puerto Ricans are citizens. However, the content of this skeet is not in the article, so I cannot see for myself. Great job @washingtonpost.com!

"We want to put [him] in trauma."

So they get to listen to two TV hosts to make the trip worthwhile.

Kimmel must have read that Onion headline.

12) Broadcasters are held to a higher standard in exchange for using the public airwaves, but are supposed to have wide latitude over their content. If they want to promote MAGA, they, too, are not entitled to an audience. #boycottMAGA

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11) Media companies are free to express whatever positions they want. But they are not entitled to an audience. They should stand up for the First Amendment that gives them this freedom. MAGA demands free speech for their allies and will use the weight of the full state against their opponents.