| chessdon@aol.com 2005-03-18, 9:49 pm |
| George John asks: "
While it's not too late to "get a handle on these costs", the time to
have done this was *before* making the decision to move, right? Was
this done?"
My reply: Ask your team mates; they promoted and voted for it not I.
You also asked why the difference in average costs from your $90
average Tennessee numbers.. Again I don't know but would speculate on
the following: it has something to do with building size. A smaller
building would likely, IMO, have a higher per square foot cost. It
likely also has something to do with what the space is used for.
Warehouse space would likely cost less than office space. Then too,
provision for expansion to a second floor would be a consideration. Is
a loading dock with a paved path included? landscaping? Also different
groups doing average costs tend to have a bias one way or the other.
There seems to be many variables which, no doubt, is why there is a
range.
A difference between the TN bid and the Lindorg, Liberty and PBG bids
was that the negotiation on the cost of the building was left up to the
USCF and the builder. In the case of Lindborg and Liberty the building
was already built and there were only renovation costs. In the case of
PBG there were town zoning concessions to the builder to encourage
favorable pricing. There also was a firm price attached to the bid that
included floor plans etc. tail all of which was published at my website
at the time of submission. I was led to believe that Crossville simply
matched that. Only later did I find out that it was different. Having
said all that, it is history, and no doubt other different problems
would have arisen with PBG and the other sites. The people in
Crossville are wonderful, those that moved there are happy, the
transition problems are far less severe than I expected. so I close
with my one French phrase gathered after ten years in French speaking
cities - C'est la vie.
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