Casement Park in line for major overhaul - 40,000 all seater Stadium.

[Saffrongael]

I see local residents have been informed of "maintenance and pre-enabling works" and "enabling works including site clearance" between now and June

[OgraAnDun]

I see local residents have been informed of "maintenance and pre-enabling works" and "enabling works including site clearance" between now and June

Probably could have been at the maintenance a few years ago!

[seafoid]

The Shinners should push for Casement to be included in the budget for the Childrens Hospital in Dublin. It's only small change compared to the hospital.

[LC]

Its gonna take a few £million just to clear the site.

I wonder how Stormont dodged the procurement rules on this.

Obviously some contractor is being handed a blank cheque and no doubt will fill their boots.

[RedHand88]

Is there a contractor assigned to it yet?

[marty34]

Shinners should be pushing now for the funding for Casement Park now with the Brits as they are now talking and meeting about funding.

Nail it down now as a non-negeoible.

No better chance than now.

[Derryman forever]

Its gonna take a few £million just to clear the site.

I wonder how Stormont dodged the procurement rules on this.

Obviously some contractor is being handed a blank cheque and no doubt will fill their boots.

And: you know this:- or you are just saying?

[Milltown Row2]

The Shinners should push for Casement to be included in the budget for the Childrens Hospital in Dublin. It's only small change compared to the hospital.

Best economy in all of Europe, not sure why the south would need money

[LC]

Its gonna take a few £million just to clear the site.

I wonder how Stormont dodged the procurement rules on this.

Obviously some contractor is being handed a blank cheque and no doubt will fill their boots.

And: you know this:- or you are just saying?

Just saying.

Yes in private sector you can mobilise a contractor fairly quickly as it is your own money ultimately.  Different ball game when it comes to public sector with the need for transparency and what not.

For all you know there could be a couple of government departments who need to shift capital money before the end of the year so this could be a win win for them.

Procurement law went out the window when Covid came, cant see Casement as being as critical though.

[barelegs]

Its gonna take a few £million just to clear the site.

I wonder how Stormont dodged the procurement rules on this.

Obviously some contractor is being handed a blank cheque and no doubt will fill their boots.

And: you know this:- or you are just saying?

Just saying.

Yes in private sector you can mobilise a contractor fairly quickly as it is your own money ultimately.  Different ball game when it comes to public sector with the need for transparency and what not.

For all you know there could be a couple of government departments who need to shift capital money before the end of the year so this could be a win win for them.

Procurement law went out the window when Covid came, cant see Casement as being as critical though.

That's to assume it's being take forward by a government department. If Ulster GAA were funding the initial works themselves they'd be able to move things on fairly quickly. They've committed £15m to the project. That can be spent any time.

[p3427977]

Its gonna take a few £million just to clear the site.

I wonder how Stormont dodged the procurement rules on this.

Obviously some contractor is being handed a blank cheque and no doubt will fill their boots.

Maybe GAA are doing this.

Has the tender been issued yet for a new contractor?

[illdecide]

Its gonna take a few £million just to clear the site.

I wonder how Stormont dodged the procurement rules on this.

Obviously some contractor is being handed a blank cheque and no doubt will fill their boots.

And: you know this:- or you are just saying?

Just saying.

Yes in private sector you can mobilise a contractor fairly quickly as it is your own money ultimately.  Different ball game when it comes to public sector with the need for transparency and what not.

For all you know there could be a couple of government departments who need to shift capital money before the end of the year so this could be a win win for them.

Procurement law went out the window when Covid came, cant see Casement as being as critical though.

I'm not so sure on that...Private or Public sector is a minefield...Any big jobs such as Casement will have the big guns after it, it will have to be tendered with a PQQ first of all to eliminate the list down to usually 5 Contractors. Then the Principal Contractor will be selected from a team of different Professionals from Funding(Government Department), GAA, Consultant/Designer and a few more who will score each Tender based on price, experience, skills etc etc. Even then I have seen Contractors challenge the decision in Court and win their case...

Having said all of the above that's on normal schemes and Casement is def not normal, this scheme has went on for that long I lost interest in it a long time ago but there is something in the back of my wee pea brain telling me that there was a Contractor appointed for the scheme and they had to be paid a % as part of the Contract which went on for years but I think they may have either went tits up or pulled out...genuinely can't remember...For some strange reason the DUP guy over this wouldn't answer a question yesterday about if a Contractor had already been appointed. Basically a sh1t show.
My line of work involves large Civil Engineering schemes which have included stadium Designs so this had me really interested in all of this at the start but that dwindled as the years went on and lost interest in it, I also remember discussing Casement with one of the top Stadia Safety Officers in the Mainland UK who knew about the shambles of Casement from over there and knew all about their safety issues way back at the start. No one over the water wanted to know anything about this design for a reasons not to be discussed.

[Walter Cronc]

I lost you at mainland!

[seafoid]

You can tell that Stormont is open again because there is money flying all over the palce.

[illdecide]

I lost you at mainland!

Fair enough...lol. Didn't realise what I had typed was so late last night