I came across a story a couple of days ago that I missed over the summer about the firing of the contactor building the stadium in St. Petersburg for Russia 2018. They city decided that a decade was too long to not finish a stadium and the budget was way over initial estimates. In addition there were reports of unaccounted for money that had been paid to the contractor.
In August a new contractor was chosen. Metrostroy have a novel way of keeping costs down and getting the work done on time in addition to pre-empting the likely necessary shift of blame from themslevs to not just the city of St Petersburg but also to the residents of the city. The director of Metrostroy is quoted in the Moscow Times (talking about the finishing touches needed at the stadium: fitting and assembly work):
“This is where you [the residents of St. Peterburg] come in,” he said at a press conference.
“Do you remember how great it used to be [in the Soviet era]? Towards the end of a project, we used to get the whole city involved, students as well, anyone at all,” he said.
Please discuss at your leisure. And you cannot mention Communism.
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