Matt Whiting wrote:
Even so, there is no reason this can't be done in stages that would
prevent having to have everyone locked out for 2 months. A smart
contractor would do this in stages anyway so that all of his personell
can be working at the same time - demolition, debris removal, adding the
new gravel and paving. If he does all of the demolition, and then all
of the debris hauling, and then adds all of the gravel, and then does
all of the paving last, that is just very poor construction management
and utilization of equipment and personnel. If they run all of these
concurrently in close sequence, then they should be able to pass each
hangar in a couple weeks or less and allow the other hangars to remain
in use.

You're absolutely correct, and I suggested that to the Director of
Public Works. Currently they're just using two massive phases. The
first phase *is* the two month phase. I suggested that they break it
into 5 or 6 smaller phases, and he basically told me "the phasing is
written into the contract, and what it is is what it is. We're not
changing it at this stage". Subsequent e-mails between him, myself and
the airport manager have seemingly "softened" that stance. As I said,
we'll see...

--- Jay


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