Thunder Bay – Ooooooo Service Cuts Oooooo
Finally…someone else has noticed the obvious. The City of Thunder Bay is living way beyond its means. City Hall is a bad financial manager. Really bad. Surprise! You can bet that City Admin will deny everything of course and spit out lots of stats countering the Lakehead University professors’ document titled AN ANALYSIS AND FORECAST OF […]
Thunder Bay – Significant Risk
Nobody ever talks about this section of every feasibility study. There was one for the event centre study as well. the disclaimer. The section for covering the consultant firm’s legal and financial ass. BrookMcIlroy does not warrant that actual results achieved during the projection period will be the same, in whole or in part, as […]
Thunder Bay – Lowest Bidder Blues
Been to lots of these open houses and found that public input rarely matters. Open houses are simply requirements of the study process. We pay for the consultants to hold them. I don’t go to open houses any longer because I believe it is a complete waste of my time. I am more interested in […]
Thunder Bay – Art And The Periodic Table
cont’d from previous post Depending on the nature of uses for outdoor areas associated with the Gallery, some mitigating measures such as soil capping may be required. These measures will have a minimal impact on the cost of site development and construction of the Gallery’s facilities. I wonder what Brook McIlroy and the Waterfront Development Office consider minimal cost […]
Thunder Bay – Due Diligence
As part of an Environmental Assessment undertaken for the City of Thunder Bay pertaining to the Marina Park/Pool 6 Lands, a land based soils review was undertaken which reveals some pockets of metal contaminants in the vicinity of the Art Gallery site Not a completed an approved Environmental Assessment Study. I can’t find any evidence […]
Thunder Bay – Whore Today – Gone Tomorrow
The triumph of common sense Thursday, January 2, 2014 AS we enter a new year there are signs that 2014 may witness the triumph of common sense. At all levels of society there are people forging practices that defy the bad habits of avoidance, obfuscation and outright nonsense. It is as if the pendulum swung […]
Thunder Bay – 50 Shades Of Grey And Maybe A Beige Or A Taupe
Apparently, the new colour of the pedestrian overpass to Prince Arthur’s Landing is going to be grey. That would explain the multitude of colour swatches plastered all over the structure. Officials are simply trying to pick the right shade of grey. Took years. Many years of humming and hawing but it appears that the decision […]
Thunder Bay – Brook McIlroy Country
Hmmmmm…..Brook McIlroy involved with the tendering of the pedestrian overpass ramp improvement contract. Of course. It is related to the waterfront and my understanding is the waterfront (apparently 52 km long) is Brook McIlroy country. No other company need apply. I wonder how much they got for this work?
Thunder Bay – Designing Our Tomorrow Today and Yesterday (but forget about yesterday)
At-Large Coun. Aldo Ruberto said Friedman came at the right time and called his ideas inspirational. “We look at the waterfront, we look at Algoma Street and they were done as a result of visionaries coming to our city and working with our departments,” he said. “I think every so often you need to have […]