• sbv@sh.itjust.works
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    3 days ago

    But the government won’t wait for such developers to volunteer. Instead it’ll start the development itself, perhaps hiring developers to execute the actual building.

    That’s what I’m afraid of: Canadian transit has suffered due to that kind of public/private partnership.

    Whatever arrangement the new crown corporation arrives at, I hope they’re able to keep costs down.

    • Avid Amoeba@lemmy.ca
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      3 days ago

      Oh I’m not afraid this would go the way of the transit P3s horror shows. Buildings, especial lower than 10-20 storey are simple, with known solutions. We knew how to do this in 1960 and we know it today. A close relative is a structural engineer and from what I gather we don’t do anything complicated and even significant fuckups can be (and are) tolerated. There are few risks during the actual design and building of such buildings. High rises are more complex.