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Odenak | 665 Albert St. | 105+120m | 31+36s | Dream+Multifaith | Perkins&Will+KPMB+Two Row | U/C

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This is moving much more quickly than a lot of Richcraft's projects. More developers should take lessons from whatever Dream is doing.
I was involved in this project for a while. From my perspective, something they did well was hiring the right, competent professionals (even if they cost a bit more) and let those professionals do their work. Other developers or public sector clients I have worked with have been much more controlling and take forever to make decisions. Government clients are the worst for this. Endless decision paralysis. This was not the case for Dream.

My two cents.
 
I was involved in this project for a while. From my perspective, something they did well was hiring the right, competent professionals (even if they cost a bit more) and let those professionals do their work. Other developers or public sector clients I have worked with have been much more controlling and take forever to make decisions. Government clients are the worst for this. Endless decision paralysis. This was not the case for Dream.

My two cents.
It IS a lot easier when you don't hire the lowest bidder. The government apparatus of BGIS, PSPC, and endless design reviews is simply a symptom of their procurement procedures. What's the saying... 'sh*t in = sh*t out'? lol sorry I actually can't remember the saying. Same with contractors, so much so that consultants know to inflate their fees to deal with both the bureaucratic bullsh*t and the silly contractor bullsh*t asking for extras and changes to make up their losses undercutting the tender, during construction. If you can handle hiring a competent team from the beginning, the project will flow much more smoothly and with MUCH better results.
 
It IS a lot easier when you don't hire the lowest bidder. The government apparatus of BGIS, PSPC, and endless design reviews is simply a symptom of their procurement procedures. What's the saying... 'sh*t in = sh*t out'? lol sorry I actually can't remember the saying. Same with contractors, so much so that consultants know to inflate their fees to deal with both the bureaucratic bullsh*t and the silly contractor bullsh*t asking for extras and changes to make up their losses undercutting the tender, during construction. If you can handle hiring a competent team from the beginning, the project will flow much more smoothly and with MUCH better results.
What's the saying? You fall down the hole you dig?
 
Do we have an idea when the podium should start rising out of the ground?
 

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