The Spurs fan above pretty much came to that conclusion too.
No idea about any of this tbh, but wouldn't these big building firms sub-contract out the internal stuff to samller outfits and make them take the financial pain?
Could do but they still have to complete the fit out to the agreed standards and using specified or otherwise agreed materials. If for example they tried to greatly reduce the quality of something for a cheaper alternative, pretty much everything has to be submitted to the consultants before it’s installed, they can veto it if it’s not up to scratch. Basically they can’t simply put what ever old tat in they can get for cheap. Likewise with a site of this nature pretty much every archetectural or MEP ‘system’ will be benchmarked and signed off before they can proceed or they risk having to rip it out and start again.
The client could ask for changes still to reduce cost but with this type of contract it’s generally as expensive to implement a change of that nature as to stick with the spec. Client lead changes are a money spinner for these construction companies.
