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Originally Posted by North_Regina_Boy
I am so happy that the New Mosaic Stadium was designed by HKS Architecture firm.
You can't say their resume is bad:
AT&T Stadium
Lucus Oil Stadium
Vikings Stadium
to name a few.
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Basically this. You pay to play. Don't hire some Firm that makes Bulk Barns and Extreme Pitas for a stucco strip mall to build a large sporting complex. There is a reason many firms specialize in this because you need a specific way to approach these projects but it can easily be copied else where once you figure that way out.
You wouldn't hire a firm that builds suburban bungalows to design and build you a skyscraper, why they thought using some random local firm shows the flaws in being to much of a homer for big ticket projects like this. Get the best for the job who offers you the best price, does not matter if they are from Winnipeg or Warsaw, Poland.
IGF numbers didn't make much sense. The roof was a significant cost which left pennies for everything else so it is no surprise to see these issues now.
I moaned years ago that the materials they were using were crap. The project had many red flags from the start but I think people got lost on being upset with the botched timeline versus the components of the structure being put into place.