Construction Quotes

[Bush's priority is redistributing money from the bottom up, Herbert says. It's a harsh criticism, but some of the facts support Herbert's claim.] One of the first things the president did in the aftermath of Katrina was to poke his finger in the eyes of struggling workers by suspending the requirements of the Davis-Bacon Act, ... This is one more way of taking money from the working poor and handing it to the wealthy. A construction laborer in New Orleans who would ordinarily be paid about $9 an hour, the prevailing wage in the city, can now be paid less. So much for the president's commitment to fighting poverty. - Bob Herbert

[Bush aides said the appropriation request would be only a small fraction of the cost of recovery and reconstruction to deal with the hurricane, which cut a swath of damage across Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama.] The $10.5 billion is, indeed, a stopgap measure... We do not have a good sense . . . of how much the recovery from this disaster is likely, ultimately, to cost. - Joshua B. Bolten

[At the same time, Shays said,] there was a huge void ... became a strict constructionist and didn't want to fill in that void. - Michael Brown

[As a result, Nagin himself has become part of the debate over how best to
rebuild the devastated Big Easy. Critics suggest the qualities that
endeared
him to Orleanians before Katrina, among them his political inexperience and
his
shoot-from-the-hip approach, make him the wrong man for the massive,
labyrinthine job ahead. But his supporters, especially members of the
business
community, say the reconstruction project offers Nagin, 49, a chance to
dramatically change not only New Orleans' skyline but also the more
larcenous
and dysfunctional side of its free wheeling culture.] I'm still high on
him... He's the right leader to bring the city back?especially when
you
consider that the corrupt old guard could try to exploit this disaster and
come
back into power. - Mark Lewis

.The reports indicated that the problem is so severe that there had to be demolition of construction in some instances where the cement was used. - Shirley Williams

(We will) look at some military construction projects that we can continue to enhance the value of that base, so we can BRAC-proof it for the future... There are going to be other BRAC rounds, we don't know when, whether it's five years, seven years, 10 years. They're going to come back and try and take another bite at this apple. - John Thune

(There are) no construction-related issues with the surrounding property owners and the super Wal-Mart development, so we think it's going fairly well. - Clyde Evans

(Fire Station 79) will be built in the city. It will be located in Coyote Canyon. We approved (recently) the construction contract. It should break ground right after the first of the year. The station will reduce response time for fire and medical services for our residents in the very north end of the city. - Frank Scialdone