by deathtopumpkins
Arlington wrote: I updated the above bid to $1,080m (from $955m) because the higher price is the one that the winning contractor bid to include all of the "additive options":This is not quite correct. $955 million was their bid price. $1.08 billion was with contingencies added on.
The $955 million included the additive options, then the MBTA added on a $125 million contingency amount to protect against cost overruns and unexpected expenses. Fairly standard in construction.
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Railfan & Roadgeek from the North Shore of Mass.