The Office of Public Works (OPW) faced significant cost overruns on a wall replacement project due to delays linked to insufficient due diligence. Initially estimated at €200,000, the final cost amounted to almost €490,000, raising concerns about project management efficiency. According to a quantity surveyor, better planning and oversight could have mitigated the expenses related to the unsafe 70-metre perimeter wall around the Workplace Relations Commission's Dublin headquarters. The case highlights the importance of thorough assessments in public project budgets.
"The delays that contributed to the Office of Public Works (OPW) spending nearly half-a-million euro to rebuild a wall could have been avoided with greater due diligence."
"It emerged on Tuesday that an OPW project to replace an unsafe 70-metre perimeter wall around the Dublin HQ of the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) cost €490,000, originally expected to cost around €200,000."
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