I often essay over BER, the new airport project out in Berlin. Today, it popped up in the news again (via Focus, the news magazine).
BER gets mentioned an awful lot for failures in the construction process (it's seven years now past the anticipated completion date).
I could probably write a sixty page story over this project but the main design failure is that the two competing companies that wanted the project and the running contract of the airport....eventually realized that it was worthless to compete, and instead....combined their efforts, and became the one and only company bidding. The shocker is....the city leadership then realized the game, and said 'no'....no one will get the contract.....the city itself will build the airport, and run it themselves. From that point on, it was a massive mess.
So today, it got brought up that a safety review was conducted in mid-April 2018, and BER has continuing risks.
The topic now is cable refurbishment, and being roughly 11 months behind. The TUV inspection (the German safety inspection folks) just said no.....they aren't anywhere near operating status. The report listed out "863 major deficiencies".
Another suggested opening period? No one says much.
Some folks had felt that by summer of 2019....they'd be open. I have my doubts that it'll be open in 2019, and this will stretch on into 2020.....requiring more cash infusion by the city, and pushing the debt a bit more.
Anyone going to prison over the mess? No, that's the odd thing.
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