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Originally Posted by Stormer
It's some sort of design build project where they are allowed to design it as they go. The Government just gave them minimum specs and the DB team gets a lot of leeway. I recall the original budget seemed extremely cheap to me.
EDIT: I looked into this further. The Province allocated $20 million in 2024, but that was not for the whole project. Site prep and foundation was a separate contract and was done before the full design was completed. I recall thinking that $20 million for 240 beds seemed really cheap. It turns out the full cost is $56 million or $244,000/bed. Seems expensive, but that is what things cost around here these days.
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Cost is way higher - somewhere in the range of $200M. It's progressive design-build project, but at this stage they should have a pretty good idea of what the final cost will be. Would be nice for the government to share that with the people paying for it.
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