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Old Posted Oct 14, 2010, 5:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Sir.Humphrey.Appleby View Post
^Yeah well the way you make sure they don't cheap out on construction is force them to maintain it for 30 years or more for a fixed cost, also you do the same with operating it so they don't build the cheapest but most expensive to run system.
Okay. What I was trying to get at was I know even the most fool-proof scheme will get screwed up eventually by someone. As such, I'm interested in finding the areas of the Canada Line process where idiots can mess things up in order to avoid these idiots from doing so. I really like the idea so I want to be able to protect it from incorrect implementations if I'm ever in that position.
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