Belleayre Conditions

[Ripitz]

Hey! Does overlook have outlets? I want to bring an electric kettle to boil water so looking for a plug.

I’ve charged my bike battery with one next to the couch. There are some by the back windows. One guy I’ve seen there runs a hair dryer to soften his race boots so he can get in them.

 

[jasonwx]

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Hey! Does overlook have outlets? I want to bring an electric kettle to boil water so looking for a plug.I hav

I have seen many families making ramen

 

[DomB]

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I have seen many families making ramen

Nice. I have a healthy stock of mountainside camping meals just add hot water.

 

[Milo Maltbie]

There's an article in today's Times Union about the Discovery lodge contract: https://www.timesunion.com/hudsonva...ansion-contract-orda-empire-core-19971947.php

The contractor is blaming ORDA for all its problems, which is predictable. One interesting thing is that the contractor said ORDA offered them the opportunity to withdraw their bid after it was submitted. That makes me think ORDA was concerned that the contract did not have the skills or experience to complete the job. If that's true ORDA should have disqualified the contractor, but NYS contracting rules make that difficult, and almost impossible to accept anything but the low bid.

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[DomB]

There's an article in today's Times Union about the Discovery lodge contract: https://www.timesunion.com/hudsonva...ansion-contract-orda-empire-core-19971947.php

The contractor is blaming ORDA for all its problems, which is predictable. One interesting thing is that the contractor said ORDA offered them the opportunity to withdraw their bid after it was submitted. That makes me think ORDA was concerned that the contract did not have the skills or experience to complete the job. If that's true ORDA should have disqualified the contractor, but NYS contracting rules make that difficult, and almost impossible to accept anything but the low bid.

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Ah! I accepted the low bid once. I learned that lesson.

 

[Q*bert Jones IV]

I wonder if the State is legally obliged to accept the lowest bid, even if it's from a contractor who's got no experience or expertise in huge builds like this?

I get why that would be a law but I also get why that would be a terrible law.

 

[tirolski]

There's an article in today's Times Union about the Discovery lodge contract: https://www.timesunion.com/hudsonva...ansion-contract-orda-empire-core-19971947.php

The contractor is blaming ORDA for all its problems, which is predictable. One interesting thing is that the contractor said ORDA offered them the opportunity to withdraw their bid after it was submitted. That makes me think ORDA was concerned that the contract did not have the skills or experience to complete the job. If that's true ORDA should have disqualified the contractor, but NYS contracting rules make that difficult, and almost impossible to accept anything but the low bid.

mm

Cork put the article up in the ORDA Biggest Mistakes thread earlier.

Post in thread 'ORDA's Biggest Mistakes'

Sunday at 8:18 AM

Another orda scam...

https://www.timesunion.com/hudsonvalley/news/article/belleayre-expansion-contract-orda-empire-core-19971947.php

• Cork

If it ain’t yer own $ it's easy come easy go.
The lawyers make bank in the meantime.

 

[jasonwx]

30 + yrs ago when i worked for my dad, not construction..we used to bid on government projects.the low bid didn't always win. You had to show you had past experience doing the job and the financial means to complete it

 

[gorgonzola]

I wonder if the State is legally obliged to accept the lowest bid, even if it's from a contractor who's got no experience or expertise in huge builds like this?

I get why that would be a law but I also get why that would be a terrible law.

In my experience public entities are required to accept the lowest qualified bidder. Unless there's something blatant its pretty hard to throw a bid out base on that though.

Just remember that every time you drive over that bridge lol

I dont know anything about them buts a quick google shows these guys being more than just a homebuilder over their head.

Our work | Empire Core Construction

empirecore.com

 

[tirolski]

I dont know anything about them buts a quick google shows these guys being more than just a homebuilder over their head.

Our work | Empire Core Construction

empirecore.com

If ya google the name of the head honcho at Empire Core and “ORDA" ya get Ashley’s letter kicking em off the job along with ORDA’s rational as of 28OCT24.