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↩ replying to MisterPenguinWord on the street is that there is a WalMart, Home Depot, or something of a similar ilk, etc in north Florida that was built using about 20' of a wall from an old convenience store. That little trick saved them 6 figures.
I have personally been involved in single-family homes that were in the 7 digit range that incorporated a small portion of an existing structure to do the same thing. The savings were not as huge (high 4 low 5 figures) but it happens all the time.
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↩ replying to Master YodaYeah, right from the announcement of this project, insiders have said that saving the skin of the building (if indeed any of it was truly saved and it's not a case of The Skin of Theseus) was a tax incentive.
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↩ replying to MisterPenguinIt is a pretty common thing especially in commercial construction where the impact fees, permit fees and taxes get to pretty insane levels.
I tend to agree with the remodel trick when it comes to single-family homes. Not so much with large-scale comercial construction as commercial construction has a pretty large impact on the infrastructure that the impact fees they are side stepping are supposed to pay for.
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This discussion finally confirms for me that it was indeed a sinkhole that forced Horizons to close. Otherwise, they would have used its façade for Mission: Space, which would have saved $50 million and allowed Excavator instead of Dino-Rama.
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↩ replying to Clamman73I am glad you were able to find something to complain about. I am sure the color palette not being to your
taste will have a huge affect on the popularity of this ride. :p
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↩ replying to ToTBellHopWhile I know this is sarcasim...no. Just, no.
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It’s super refreshing seeing how quickly the ship is going up! Hopefully that means landscaping will happen just as fast, and the exterior can wrap up so some more walls can come down :)
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↩ replying to jagiord1They’re bolting steel pipes together over several days. That’s not really quick. It’s not being dragged out over some ridiculous time but it’s not some surprising pace.
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↩ replying to jagiord1It's always surprising to me how fast landscaping comes together on attractions/lands. It's really not a ton of intensive work once you have all the materials but it's probably on the single biggest visual thing that is done in such a short amount of time.
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↩ replying to Rich BrownnI remember hearing the one of the walls from 20,000 leagues is the same wall on the side of mermaid. Technically not a fully "new" building lol
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Please tell me the gray beam will be removed once complete.
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↩ replying to splashtestYou don’t use that many bolts and the only foundation for shoring.