Makes sense to me. Then we can start rumors of how many students fell into the concrete and are forever part of the stadium.And while we're at it we can use student's as cheap labor!
This would also require quite a few PE stamps. Not sure how many folks at an educational institution would have those, as prof types generally don't have the experience component required to obtain them.
Actually the staff ISU has in their Civil and Construction departments is more than capable in designing this from ground up. They just are required to bid out the design by the Board of Regents.
Hmmm...Guess I was thinking of this with my "ME" glasses on. It would make more sense for the Civil guys to have more real-world experience (i.e. PE-worthy) in this kind of thing than other disciplines.
Also, I would think that the design phase would take quite a bit longer if the ISU folks were to do it simply because they've got other responsibilities besides the stadium.
Don't kid yourselves, this thing is already designed. RDG will design, Weitz will build. Yeah, RDG would have some work yet to do, but they have enough work put into it already that it wouldn't make sense to hand it off to someone else.
Don't kid yourselves, this thing is already designed. RDG will design, Weitz will build. Yeah, RDG would have some work yet to do, but they have enough work put into it already that it wouldn't make sense to hand it off to someone else.
Hmmm...Guess I was thinking of this with my "ME" glasses on. It would make more sense for the Civil guys to have more real-world experience (i.e. PE-worthy) in this kind of thing than other disciplines.
Also, I would think that the design phase would take quite a bit longer if the ISU folks were to do it simply because they've got other responsibilities besides the stadium.
Actually I wouldn't be so sure about Weitz. With the work Mortenson has been doing on campus (Hach Hall, Getting Hilton Ready) and their unrivaled experience with stadiums I think they would be a better candidate. It also doesn't help Weitz didn't do too well when doing the East and West renovations.
Actually I wouldn't be so sure about Weitz. With the work Mortenson has been doing on campus (Hach Hall, Getting Hilton Ready) and their unrivaled experience with stadiums I think they would be a better candidate. It also doesn't help Weitz didn't do too well when doing the East and West renovations.
Can (or Is . . . or Should) ISU use its own Engineer/Architecture Departments to reduce costs???