Well, okay, I admit I am not familiar with costs. He is talking about control systems, pulley systems, etc and it is a wide door.
So maybe it is the equivalent of the 600 dollar hammer but I thought it sounded reasonable.
It's not that bad. It's still pretty high though.
Your assessment is not off-base. The hangar doors for Air Force installations are not the same as for commercial aviation. I have been to Edwards AFB and there are some pretty complex doors there; on some, the electronics and mechanicals alone are probably worth $250,000.
Earlier this year, I finished an interior design project which combined two condos into one large 3,200 s.f. unit along Chicago’s lakefront. High-end appliances and plumbing fixtures, Italian and Japanese tile, computer- and phone-controlled showers and whirlpools, etc. Cost: $1.4 million. The demolition work alone was $40,000.