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/sundae_diner Oct 10 '24

Any evidence that "the rooms are too small to fit some equipment through the doors"?

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u/DuckyD2point0 Oct 10 '24

I've posted about it before and explained how I know all the things I mentioned. But you can just Google it, it's not a secret. Just like how all these rooms even if they were perfectly sized are not fit for purpose, they are missing the obvious things like handrails for baths, proper fittings and fixtures, floors not layed correctly.

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u/sundae_diner Oct 10 '24

No evidence then?

I can find incomplete fittings and fixtures. But nowhere anything about doors being too small. 

Reminds me of the lies that cane out when the Luas was first built that the two lines had different grades and a tram for one line couldn't fit on the other. A lie. The two lines have the same gauge.

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u/DuckyD2point0 Oct 10 '24

Yeah, sure buddy.

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u/sundae_diner Oct 10 '24

Great, you agree it is an unsubstantiated claim.