Originally Posted by
NumptyAussie
Talking of drills, did they not have to stop the tunneling work under the airport due to subsidence? (See what I did there?)
Apparently resolved -
Perth Airport link tunnelling work resumes after two-month hiatus
What irks me is that ALL press releases only ever mention "scheduled completion in 2020".
A date, or even a month, is never mentioned.
Effectively, what they are saying in terms of a milestone on a critical path, is that completion is scheduled for 23:59:59 on 31 December 2020.
I know that projects like this can and will encounter delays, but there is an actual scheduled completion date, even if it changes from time to time.
And there will definitely be, in the commercial contract, contingencies for unforeseen delays as well as bonuses for early completion.
You can bet that both the project managers and the government will be self-promoting with "under time and under budget" if the opportunity arises.
But how is the public to know what the real achievement is.if they never reveal the schedule.
They are all still gun-shy following the Children's Hospital fiasco.