1200-1300 sq ft house is dinky & 2471 sq ft falls short of being a McMansion. Median wage for union carpenters in Alaska is currently $26-27 hr; 10% earn $39+ per hour. Figuring a carpenter being billed at $50 an hour, approx. 2000 man hours or 50 man weeks. Certainly not outside the realm of possibility for rennovation/ addition work which is considerably more complicated & time consuming than new construction and I'm thinking lower 48 & likely considerably less windshield time than Alaska projects.
IMO, this dog won't hunt based on costs so, if there is a case, it's going to have to be about Who paid the bills.
One of the two contractors is claiming that their billing went to the oil services company first and then on to Stevens. If that proves true or even believable, he’ll be dragging down Republican chances in 2008 again.