Posted on 04/29/2008 5:10:33 PM PDT by oneolcop
I wonder how the general's housing is...
Guess who has IDIQ contract to fix the barracks??? URS! Guess who the Chairman of URS is married to????
Who?
Diane Feistein.
Here is the link to a Fayetteville Observer story with a little more detail.
http://www.fayobserver.com/article?id=292425
That whole section of Fort Bragg is under renovation and the old style barracks as shown in the video are being pulled down and replaced by new ones.
This has resulted in a bit of musical barracks for the units who are coming and going.
With their early return their barracks was not ready.
52 posted on Tuesday, April 29, 2008 4:02:07 AM by PeteB570
ping
These buildings are pretty bullet proof, uber basic. There is no reason, frankly, that they can't be super nice. What they need is me, beer, a checkbook and a bunch of illegal Mexicans.
Instead, we'll get four Colonels, eight Majors, seven Captains, two Lieutenants, eight civilian engineers, five architects, seven mold remediation expert, fifteen union pinky ring guys with Cadillacs, and one fat, elderly union mason with a mortar pan. It will take $2,000 per square foot, and 18 years, where upon it will be condemned.
Who?
Whomever let this happen (like maybe the garrison commander & post engineer) should have a boot in the @ss.
"The new barracks have tile floors and recessed lighting in the lobby. A pool table and a ping-pong table sit in the center. A kitchen area is off to the side. Soldiers’ rooms are spacious and well-appointed, nothing like the conditions of the old barracks."
It's good to know we are doing something about this. I think we should double up on construction efforts and gets these guys into some new barracks.
No one is responsible.
What a way to treat the troops.
My brother is stationed on Guam, but lives off-base in a beautiful little bungalow with a gorgeous yard and garden. For that I am very thankful.
The base CO is ultimately responsible for this mess. He needs to be shown “early retirement” and allow someone to take the reins and drive the team to a better place.
It isn’t like they have a dirth of labor available to correct the situation. What has been shown could be corrected by 5 motivated individuals in a week with 2 days reserved for partying.
Many senior NCO’s, whom I know, have told me that the wood used on those 50’s style barracks was contracted for by civilain contractors to be used to build high end homes for the private sector some 20 plus years ago.
I would love to have that wood. Perhaps we should blame the civilain contractors. Hell, the military is not even required to clean their quarters prior to transfer anymore.
Commercial cleaning companies bid on the work.
When I was on the USS JFK back in the Seventies, I remember walking into the head, towel around my waist to shower and shave.
There were a few inches of water on the floor up over my flip flops and toes, and at first I didn’t think much of it, but as I prepared at the sink, I looked over and saw a porcelain bowl broken in half.
Then, as my eyes followed the sloshing water, I saw...toilet paper and what looked like...er...a “Baby Ruth” floating in the water.
Disgusting. Point is...it happens. If I recall correctly, the barracks had been vacant for 15 months. I hope they do get it cleaned up soon.
Interesting.
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