Hey AC 335 Kiewit On Time Under Budget....

Sorry no link. GLP bans most of those little CA papers, I think they are snarky about copyrights. You can always do a search with the text.

OROVILLE — The cost of repairing the crippling damage to Oroville Dam’s spillways caused by last winter’s fierce storms has almost doubled, state water officials said Thursday.

Kiewit, the Nebraska-based construction firm that has the main contract to rebuild the main spillway and emergency spillway at Oroville, the nation’s tallest dam, estimated in its winning bid in April that the work would cost at least $275 million. But the price tag has now grown to at least $500 million, said Erin Mellon, a spokeswoman for the Department of Water Resources.

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Cost Estimate Update: As work continues to meet the November 1, 2018 public safety construction milestone to fully reconstruct the main spillway, DWR has updated its cost estimates. The current estimate for emergency response and reconstruction of the main and emergency spillways is $1.1 billion. Cost estimates are based on actual and projected work and may be adjusted further as work continues through completion of the project in 2019.

FROM $275 MILLION TO 1.1 BILLION.....under budget, oh yeah. Our resident AC is an idiot.

You have to wonder how much of that was pure corruption.