Leinster House Bicycle Shed

https://www.rte.ie/news/2024/0903/1468050-bike-shelter/

It's gone up another grand, probably the cost of that yellow no parking bollard.

This little snowflake is gonna turn into a pretty big snowball methinks,stinks to high heaven!😤😤😤

Where is the design and specification cost in the above table?

If you want to let a contractor have free reign with his bill then don't have the design and specification tied down when signing contracts.

Best guess is design was in house, loose as fcuk and the contractor kept charging for variations. Even then though

A FOI request for Bill of quantities should be interesting. Other than the steel everything in that shed is off the shelf; and the steel isn't remotely complicated.

Ha that was a mad story.

It did eventually get installed after building works for it to fit completed...seemingly no one knew what a tape measure was.

A little wrinkle in that story that didn't receive much coverage.

"The printer eventually got installed, but The Irish Times noted that some Oireachtas staff members have refused to be trained on operating the printer until they get a pay increase"

sweet sufferin shite…and if its anything like the brand spankin -sparkleing new cycle lane near where i live the feckin cyclists wont use it anyway! fcuk me pink,what a waste…

At the moment any issue with plumbing inside a school, garda station, government department, local county Council office, state body is carried out by private sector. Why is having that carried out by public sector plumbers should at bad idea?

The government made a decision to outsource IT works for the public sector and the cost of that is eye watering.

The thing about 30 million euro cycle paths is you're into the regions of millions and billions, which are hard to get your head around. But the public understand the smaller things, which is why they trip you up.

Judging from the posts, 300 grand levels are understandable for minions like us; and then it becomes obvious when someone is taking the piss. I may not know how much a bike shelter costs but I know someone who does.

As KevRossi said above, this could lead to a lot of other similar waste being uncovered, and by the trend of this thread, it's already happening.

I'm involved in public procurement and with the checks and balances, there is no way this should have cost this much. It shows a complete lack of oversight and competence at best. I'd love to see the breakdown of the construction and installation.

The QS fees are scandalous it wouldn't cost that to build 20 houses, I'm struggling to see 50k here.

I presume BAM was the contractor for this.

The highest tender isn't the problem.

It's a poor planning and lack of detail in the tender/specification documents which allows the contractor almost free reign to charge for variations as the design changes/is updated during construction.

Why did they only build it for 18 bikes? We have 160 TDs (174 after the next GE) and 60 senators... They're not all going to be able to park there

Oh it’s in an Irish hospital it probably cost a couple of million