Rumour Essendon Supporter Spends $800k on Dunny Renovation

[HairyO]

3 1/2 months to get a new bog installed. The horror of having to s**t in a public toilet for such a long time...

 

[TwiggleyFanClub]

It's the same all over. Councils have their shortlist of 'preferred bidders' and they're the only ones who tender. The quotes are always astronomical.

Preferred bidders usually owned by a brother/cousin of a councilor, by some strange coincidence.

 

[Kanga Commando]

It's the same all over. Councils have their shortlist of 'preferred bidders' and they're the only ones who tender. The quotes are always astronomical.

A lot of clubs have had rebuilds and renovations over the past few years due to female footy, and you'd always swear they could get at least twice the work done for the project cost. On every project, without fail.

It basically seems like legalised bid rigging.

Governments are "supposed" to have preferred bidders.

Until they have a creeping assumption.

 

[nylexbandit]

Oh Linda Dessau, she of ex AFL Commission and Essendonians Club.... $800k of your money into dunny renovation.To

Close some of your open tabs mate - it’s more outrageous then this cost!

 

[Engimal v3]

Culture

 

[74561347]

Why'd you post the acronym if you were typing it out?

why is your face?

 

[DapperDon]

It's the same all over. Councils have their shortlist of 'preferred bidders' and they're the only ones who tender. The quotes are always astronomical.

A lot of clubs have had rebuilds and renovations over the past few years due to female footy, and you'd always swear they could get at least twice the work done for the project cost. On every project, without fail.

It basically seems like legalised bid rigging.

It's a tender process. My work is on about 4-5 council architectural lists. It is about upgrading to make facilities usable for both male and females and also big on accessibility ie, every club now needs accessible toilets and ambulant toilets (the reason cubicle doors need to swing outward rather than inwards) A lot of costs is making the grounds, carparks up to code to allow access for these people.

I can promise you, we never handed over bribes to be on these lists.

 

[Black Panther]

$860,000 DOWN THE LOO

The Ballroom inside Victoria’s Government House is longer than the ballroom at Buckingham Palace. Needless to say all that goes with it should be fit not only for our Governor, but for our Queen (and future King).


But planned upgrades to the porcelain thrones that service the ballroom have raised eyebrows because of the hefty $860,000 price tag.

It’s raised speculation about just what the new bathroom upgrades will include.

Baz is told its more than just some new loos, but a total refurbishment of the female, male and disabled toilets in the southern end of the ballroom wing, including demolition, conservation works, flooring, plumbing, installation of fixtures, joinery and fittings, plastering, painting and tiling.

Some quotes came in at almost double the $860,000 price tag, so could that be considered a bargain?

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