Low bidder Weir Bros has been given the green light to implode the Texas Stadium
Sometimes, it pays to read between the lines. The Dallas News has carried a report on the fact that Irving City Council unanimously approved its budget for the 2009-10 fiscal year on Thursday and also voted 7-1 to pay a Dallas company $5.8 million to implode Texas Stadium early next year.
No great surprise there; we reported on the fact that Weir Bros was the low bidder weeks ago and we knew yesterday that a decision was due.
However, tucked away some seven paragraphs into a comprehensive nine paragraph article is a sentence that reads: “…the council approved a demolition contract for Texas Stadium, even though a competing firm contested Weir Bros.’ bid…”
While this style of reporting is entirely appropriate for the local residents of the Dallas area – they want to know how their tax dollars are going to be spent – here at Demolition News we’re rather more interested in this seemingly innocuous statement.
So were you the the competing contractor that protested, or do you know who they were? And on what grounds was the protest mounted? We’d love to know more, so please use the comments area below.
