Almost a year ago I wrote about this expenditure;
Centralized Facilities Improvements – Milwaukee Depot Dock Renovation; To award a bid, 605 Companies, $202K
While I thought it was pretty expensive at the time, I assumed, it would be a solid aluminum deck for that kind of price tag. As I watched them work on the deck and landing this summer I noticed they dropped off 4″ thick cedar planks and I wondered how these would be implemented into the deck. They used it for the actual deck. When you have building materials like that they don’t really take on the shape you would like them to (did we learn anything from the Denty’s siding?) Also, Cedar takes on many shapes and forms as it weathers and if you think the gaps and lifts are bad now, give it a year.
I still don’t know how you can pay this kind of money for something and have this result. Maybe we should just pay the contractor a $1 and thank them for their humble service to the community. Some would ask how this passed inspection, oh never mind, city owned building.