Exclusive - US Capitol Visitors Center Update
28 03 2008
Breaking News… the big hot mess that is the Capitol Visitors Center may well get finished by the end of the year! This is a big improvement from when we last talked about the project late last year.
Apparently according to the main contractor, the construction of the Capitol Visitor Center is substantially complete. Grunley Construction, along with its subcontractors, only needs to complete a few more punch list items in preparation of building acceptance and occupancy by the Government.
The remaining work includes the installation of dais stone & mill-work, bronze handrails, carpeting, and leather acoustical panels. Installation of the bronze rails and terrazzo treads will continue in the atrium. After that work is done the Architect of the Capitol and the Fire Marshal need to give their final approval. The grand opening is anticipated to occur in October/November 2008.
If they end up opening by the end of 2008 the entire project will have only taken 13 years to complete (that’s government efficiency for you)!
and yet the National’s Stadium can be completed in two years? how i love the priorities. i still think the money should have gone to fix the school system and Metro instead of this stadium.
but then again, think about the priorities when we were in school. sports programs got all the budget approvals for new fields and uniforms, while the arts kids sat without supplies in outdated classrooms.
not much changes as you move up the food chain, huh.
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