Oroville Dam: Cost to repair spillways nearly doubles in price to $500M

Re:Oroville Dam: Cost to repair spillways nearly doubles in ... by closeparen on Saturday October 21, 2017 @09:50PM (#15524697)

>What prevents me from bidding $1 and then busting it to $1 billion after winning?

Isn't this why most publicly financed projects have massive cost overruns? Bidding realistically will lose you the contract; bidding low and then running overbudget may have consequences, but they are not as severe as not getting the contract in the first place.

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Re:Oroville Dam: Cost to repair spillways nearly doubles in ... by wbl on Sunday October 22, 2017 @08:04AM (#15526415)

This doesn't happen nearly as much outside the US.

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Re:Oroville Dam: Cost to repair spillways nearly doubles in ... by usrusr on Sunday October 22, 2017 @08:36AM (#15526530)

Are you posting that from inside the USA or from outside of them?

I guess what I'm actually asking is, which country is that promised land? (I have a few candidates in mind myself, but I consider them to be the exception rather than the norm and I don't even know if they are truly as good as I suspect)

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Re:Oroville Dam: Cost to repair spillways nearly doubles in ... by wbl on Sunday October 22, 2017 @11:39AM (#15527262)

Most countries have much cheaper subways. None are worse then the US.

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