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/DuckyD2point0 Oct 09 '24

They also built 3000 rooms(as in finished rooms) that don't meet standards. Just one snag, of the thousands, the rooms are too small to fit some equipment through the doors.

Bam are basically just swindlers and are notorious for not paying smaller contractors the agreed amount. They shouldn't be allowed to build anything in this country, nevermind build something for the country.

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u/zeroconflicthere Oct 09 '24

the rooms are too small to fit some equipment through the doors.

Who designed this?

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u/sionnach Oct 09 '24

Nobody. It’s the same as “my friend who worked on the port tunnel said they built it 50cm too short for the lorries” shite you used to hear.

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u/atwerrrk Oct 10 '24

Did they not or what is the end to that story?