kcantor
Senior Member
I thought I was pretty clear...For owner's representation? I don't think so except on mega projects (like LRT). No idea what @kcantor 's referring to but if I had to guess, sometimes the public sector has a bad way of hiring non-technical bureaucrats into management of highly technical areas. Major approvals and decisions come across their desk and they don't have the right expertise to see through the noise and choose the best direction.
It happens in the private sector also... boeing's a good example except replace bureaucrat with MBA
I remember describing Hall D (albeit before the DREAM latticework and vines got added in an attempt to hide it) as "a block long urinal facing Jasper Avenue". One of the councillors at the time who approved the project and the budget said "well don't blame me, I can't read a set of plans" at which point all one can do is shake one's head.