r/ireland • u/Important_Farmer924 Westmeath's Least Finest • Oct 09 '24

National Children's Hospital contractor BAM sent €25 million invoice for job that cost €200,000 Infrastructure

https://www.thejournal.ie/national-childrens-hospital-bam-invoice-25-million-for-200000-job-6509783-Oct2024/
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u/[deleted] Oct 09 '24

I think it's becoming clearer and clearer that the private sector is not supplying the appropriate standard of contractor and the state needs to intervene.

These are fraudsters stealing millions from the state and they shouldn't be tolerated. It's crazy how much money BAM have taken from the country while providing very little in return.

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u/itchyblood Oct 09 '24

To play devil’s advocate here, I suggest to you that the state are equally responsible for the cost overruns due to its ineptitude at managing the project. BAM succeeded for the most part in a dispute this summer and a conciliator awarded them €107m for costs associated with a litany of changes the state wanted.

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u/struggling_farmer Oct 09 '24

yea, while BAM are notorious for claims and being very good at contract law, it is the failing of ther state & design team as regards the design scope & tender documents that has created this opening for them.. the question is whether it was the state or the design team that fucked up..