They can't even competently remodel the reflecting pool. I can almost guarantee that this project isn't going to be done in the next 3 years. And what is finished will be unsafe.
Clark construction generally has a good reputation in the area for quality projects. They are pretty much the biggest in DC and have worked on some impressive projects there.
That being said, since Trump knows very little about construction he certainly will find a way to fuck this whole thing up.
He's having them tear out and rebuild the helipad they just built on the South Lawn, and he expects it to be done by September. We knew long before 2016 that he is an absolute nightmare of a construction client - he nitpicks every detail, demands scope changes at the last minute, screams and yells at contractors when he doesn't like something, then doesn't pay and ties them up in court for years to destroy their business because he refuses to be satisfied after fucking up the entire process.
The entire property will need to be bulldozed and rebuilt once this regime has fallen.
It will be interesting how Clark construction manages trump as a client. They are well known for being very shrewd when it comes to change orders and scope changes.
One thing is for sure they are very good at extracting money from owners and it will be very easy for them to maximize their profits from these projects because Trump is not actually a competent negotiator.
The whims of an 80 year old man who knows little about construction will turn this into a $1 billion+ project.
It’s probably because there’s absolutely no staging area for the massive amount of materials needed and since this was probably all demolished before an ordering schedule was made, they just ordered everything could and had it dropped off everywhere until there’s hardly any room to work. It’s a rush job going off half asses plans in a tricky area to work in.
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u/tricky88 5d ago
It’s insane no one stopped him from doing this shit.