It’s my understanding that the security part below ground and the drone roof that will go on top are tax-funded. The actual ballroom is completely private funded. The original quote was 200 million, but it went up to 600 million with all the new security features added...at least that is what I read.
President Trump should take the key with him when he leaves.
“The original quote was 200 million, but it went up to 600 million with all the new security features added...at least that is what I read.”
That sort of climb may be the result of the collaborative way our society works. In my 33-year career in business it happened time and again. A military customer proposed a project. It gets funded but only after other potential customers add what they’d like as their project has no prospect of getting funded. So, they put their requirements on the funded project. You can bet people in security and grounds maintenance through in surveillance, a watering system, and refuse disposal. And of course more stuff that has no conceivable use in a ballroom.
In the corporate view, you propose a system to automate your paperwork. Next thing you know the proposed system is carrying all sorts of additional data at a huge increase in cost. Basically, everything I’ve ever worked on has its initial price blown out of the water by such “mission creep.”