Another Dambly Project... for those who are interested:

[stormingnorm]

Next up in the Residence Hall Renovation Roulette are Geary and Sproul Halls (in the "East" commons).



The updates will encompass the following:

"Building updates include additions to improve social spaces, the replacement of aging and inefficient building systems, renovation of the building envelope, improvements to the building’s appearance, and ADA accessibility improvements. Both halls will be connected to the campus chilled water system for air conditioning."

The cost?
$212,000 and change..... per room
(Total of $60.8 Million)



Will be approved next week.

 

[stormingnorm]

Next up in the Residence Hall Renovation Roulette are Geary and Sproul Halls (in the "East" commons).



The updates will encompass the following:

"Building updates include additions to improve social spaces, the replacement of aging and inefficient building systems, renovation of the building envelope, improvements to the building’s appearance, and ADA accessibility improvements. Both halls will be connected to the campus chilled water system for air conditioning."

The cost?
$212,000 and change..... per room
(Total of $60.8 Million)



Will be approved next week.

For those who may have forgotten:

The cost for these RENOVATIONS in Sproul and Geary are:

40% MORE than the total cost to BUY complete new dormitory buildings (constructed by someone other than Dambly Inc) just last year.

https://barryfenchak4trustee.wordpr...er-2018-buying-a-dormitory-what-did-we-learn/

 

[ChiTownLion]

Will be rubber stamped.

 

[LurkerLazarus]

I'm quite sure that the check has already cleared.

 

[Nitt1300]

corruption is epidemic in this country

 

[mn78psu83]

Next up in the Residence Hall Renovation Roulette are Geary and Sproul Halls (in the "East" commons).



The updates will encompass the following:

"Building updates include additions to improve social spaces, the replacement of aging and inefficient building systems, renovation of the building envelope, improvements to the building’s appearance, and ADA accessibility improvements. Both halls will be connected to the campus chilled water system for air conditioning."

The cost?
$212,000 and change..... per room
(Total of $60.8 Million)



Will be approved next week.

I thought that I'd never post again here, but I just couldn't resist. I was inspired by norm's muckraking and ...

Let us reflect on norm's Valentine's Day post. I'm opening my heart. Yes. I'm talking about Love. Not eros - as most of you leches would prefer - but agape. That is what MD is all about. He loves his alma mater and his alma mater, although not sentient, "loves" him back. The cost of these renovations shows his self-giving and self-sacrificing love for his alma mater. He's willing to give PSU his very best. Trite as it may sound, "you get what you pay for" and MD knows that well. Quality. He's all about quality too. Love and quality. Of course, we're talking about his love of great quantities of quality year after year. Actually, it's almost like an annuity at this point. Loving great quantities of annuitized quality. Almost like winning a lottery - without having to even buy a ticket - or receiving a structured annuity from a settlement - without suffering bodily harm in order to get it. In fact, it's really loving a jackpot or legal settlement, if you will, of great, discrete, quantities of annuitized quality. Ah yes. Quality ... and Love.

Happy trails.

 

[WDLion]

Wait till you see a quantitative look into the financials on that project that I have completed.

It will - I do believe - knock your socks off (in a "No Bueno" way).

I am going to hold off on posting them to my Blog and Social Media spaces for the time being..... to first see if any of the existing Trustees would like to take that information and run with it (I am, as always, more than happy to explain and discuss this information with them - in the hopes they will use it in carrying out their responsibilities)

That entrepreneurship class really paid off for Dambly.

 

[artsandletters]

Next up in the Residence Hall Renovation Roulette are Geary and Sproul Halls (in the "East" commons).



The updates will encompass the following:

"Building updates include additions to improve social spaces, the replacement of aging and inefficient building systems, renovation of the building envelope, improvements to the building’s appearance, and ADA accessibility improvements. Both halls will be connected to the campus chilled water system for air conditioning."

The cost?
$212,000 and change..... per room
(Total of $60.8 Million)



Will be approved next week.

Did the job go out to bid and Dambly won it?

 

[Keyser Soze 16801]

Next up in the Residence Hall Renovation Roulette are Geary and Sproul Halls (in the "East" commons).



The updates will encompass the following:

"Building updates include additions to improve social spaces, the replacement of aging and inefficient building systems, renovation of the building envelope, improvements to the building’s appearance, and ADA accessibility improvements. Both halls will be connected to the campus chilled water system for air conditioning."

The cost?
$212,000 and change..... per room
(Total of $60.8 Million)



Will be approved next week.

Is there some evidence that Dambly is profiting? That would not surprise me in the least of course

 

[Keyser Soze 16801]

Wouldn't surprise me either (in fact, I doubt it should surprise anyone).

Hell, given the publicly available information, I think I could predict the avenues that are being used (safely enough that I'd be willing to wager a fair bit of coin on it).

Kickbacks from friends in the construction business?

Heck I'm wondering if some trustees received kickbacks from Freeh and/or plaintiff attorneys

 

[L.A.Lion]

Unbelievable that this kind of self-dealing at a state-related university is legal in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Could the dirtbag B&I trustees—and anyone else on the board who voted for this—be any more corrupt? Where are the public integrity watchdogs? Where are the governor and his appointees? WTF IS WRONG WITH YOU, PENNSYLVANIA??

 

[WDLion]

Unbelievable that this kind of self-dealing at a state-related university is legal in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Could the dirtbag B&I trustees—and anyone else on the board who voted for this—be any more corrupt? Where are the public integrity watchdogs? Where are the governor and his appointees? WTF IS WRONG WITH YOU, PENNSYLVANIA??

What's wrong with you America?
Anybody who thinks it's only Pa is pretty naive.

 

[81b&w]

The cost?
$212,000 and change..... per room
(Total of $60.8 Million)

That's unreal looking at those numbers

 

[L.A.Lion]

What's wrong with you America?
Anybody who thinks it's only Pa is pretty naive.

If you find a person who thinks that, let us know. In the mean time, the rest of America has nothing to do with the governance of PSU or the enactment of laws addressing self-dealing by trustees of state-related universities in Pennsylvania that receive lots of money from the citizens of PA. The governor and the legislature of the Commonwealth do.

 

[L.A.Lion]

That's unreal looking at those numbers

For $212K per unit, they could build a nice house for each incoming freshman.

 

[The Song Remains the Same]

Next up in the Residence Hall Renovation Roulette are Geary and Sproul Halls (in the "East" commons).



The updates will encompass the following:

"Building updates include additions to improve social spaces, the replacement of aging and inefficient building systems, renovation of the building envelope, improvements to the building’s appearance, and ADA accessibility improvements. Both halls will be connected to the campus chilled water system for air conditioning."

The cost?
$212,000 and change..... per room
(Total of $60.8 Million)



Will be approved next week.

Wonder what the "academics" think about this?

 

[Keyser Soze 16801]

And, in case you don’t recall, the cost per unit for the new dorms Dambly had built down in Abington?........ $500,000 per room, those were 4 students to a unit (I shit you not.... when I get a chance, maybe I’ll post the link to the details on that one)

Every surrender involves a seminal moment. I gave up on board reform when the alumni trustees would not ask simple questions about that dorm and the other one such as "assuming full capacity, how many years until it breaks even?"

 

[RGWhirly]

Does he have ownership in Clayco, as they have been doing all of East Halls?

 

[Locolion]

For those who may have forgotten:

The cost for these RENOVATIONS in Sproul and Geary are:

40% MORE than the total cost to BUY complete new dormitory buildings (constructed by someone other than Dambly Inc) just last year.

https://barryfenchak4trustee.wordpr...er-2018-buying-a-dormitory-what-did-we-learn/

Wait, a co that Dambly owns got the contract? That is obscenely self-dealing and corrupt.

 

[Locolion]

Did the job go out to bid and Dambly won it?

I’d love to know that. And if he did win a fair bid process, I’ll eat turds on the 50 yd line at halftime of the next f’ball game

 

[Keyser Soze 16801]

You wanna’ really pull your hair out?

I sat there in the meeting room, after:

1) Discussing those projects with some of the Trustees
2) Having them say “Yeah, can you put that stuff together for me?” (And doing just that)
3) Having more than one of them say they were gonna’ fight against that insanity

And then watching as they sat there silently with their thumbs up their asses as PSU was robbed of another $50,000,000+

Others have put together step by step break even analyses for them too and then been disappointed when no questions were asked. Or so I am told.

 

[Nitwit]

I believe Clayco is the DESIGN firm (IIRC).... not the contractor. (But I could be mistaken)

BTW: The $60.8 Million costs? That is NOT including the design costs.... I don’t recall the figure for the Design work OTTOMH.

Clayco is a very large national company and they have the design work for all of East Halls renovations. However other contractors will be doing the renovations and build out. What is your thinking on how Dambly is involved and how is he profiting on the project? I doubt he has any ownership of Clayco but he could be involved with other phases of the project. Do you have any specific knowledge of how he is potentially profiting, or are you just suspicious about it?

 

[Nittany Ziggy]

You wanna’ really pull your hair out?

I sat there in the meeting room, after:

1) Discussing those projects with some of the Trustees
2) Having them say “Yeah, can you put that stuff together for me?” (And doing just that)
3) Having more than one of them say they were gonna’ fight against that insanity

And then watching as they sat there silently (Silent until it was time to vote, that is, at which point every F^cking one of them said “Aye”) with their thumbs up their asses as PSU was robbed of another $50,000,000+


Imagine that.

Please elaborate on what kind of beverage and what quantity you consumed that evening (week)?

 

[Nitwit]

It doesn’t matter...... does it?


BTW, weren’t you one of those lead dogs insisting that the Honorable Mr Barron was completely accurate with his proclamations concerning PSU’s record-setting $362 Million donations?





To paraphrase “How do you like you guy now?”


I’ll see my way out

If Dambly is doing something illegal, it matters. If not, why post about it? You stated above “That’s not how it works”. Well - how does it work - specifically? I’ll wait for your answer. Btw - I don’t trust the guy nor do I defend him.

 

[bytir]

I believe Clayco is the DESIGN firm (IIRC).... not the contractor. (But I could be mistaken)

BTW: The $60.8 Million costs? That is NOT including the design costs.... I don’t recall the figure for the Design work OTTOMH.

Depending upon the scope of services - typically figure between 5-8%

 

[Nittany Ziggy]

If Dambly is doing something illegal, it matters. If not, why post about it? You stated above “That’s not how it works”. Well - how does it work - specifically? I’ll wait for your answer.

$200,000 plus per dorm room doesn’t at least cause some “intellectual curiosity” on your part?

 

[Art]

If Dambly is doing something ivationllegal, it matters. If not, why podst about deveit? You stated above “That’s not how it works”. Well - how does it work - specifically? I’ll wait for your answer.

I have no idea whether Dambly stands to profit, but $212K per room for a renovation project is a lot of money. You'd think that a developer would know that. Now if we had an academic heading the Board, this would never happen.

 

[Nitwit]

$200,000 plus per dorm room doesn’t at least cause some “intellectual curiosity” on your part?

Sure it does. That’s why I’d like someone to explain to me what they know about it, beyond beliefs that Dambly, or other BOT members, must be profiting from it. I don’t know for example what other universities typically spend for similar projects, and how those projects may be different or similar to the East Halls renovations. Aren’t these projects awarded at least in part based on price competition among qualified bidders?Was $200k plus the low bid? How many firms submitted bids to gain the contract and what were their prices compared to the firm(s) which will receive the contract? Is this information available to the public? Just wondering if anyone here has the answers, or just the questions.

 

[Nittany Ziggy]

Sure it does. That’s why I’d like someone to explain to me what they know about it, beyond beliefs that Dambly, or other BOT members, must be profiting from it. I don’t know for example what other universities typically spend for similar projects, and how those projects may be different or similar to the East Halls renovations. Just wondering if anyone here has the answers, or just the questions.

Why compare to other Universities? Why not compare it to construction costs of similar buildings (luxury apartments) in analogous markets?

 

[81b&w]

Sure it does. That’s why I’d like someone to explain to me what they know about it, beyond beliefs that Dambly, or other BOT members, must be profiting from it. I don’t know for example what other universities typically spend for similar projects, and how those projects may be different or similar to the East Halls renovations. Aren’t these projects awarded at least in part based on price competition among qualified bidders?Was $200k plus the low bid? How many firms submitted bids to gain the contract and what were their prices compared to the firm(s) which will receive the contract? Is this information available to the public? Just wondering if anyone here has the answers, or just the questions.

To put it into perspective, his bid was higher than Fairgambit Construction

 

[Art]

To put it into perspective, his bid was higher than Fairgambit Construction

That's just not possible.

 

[Nittany Ziggy]

That's just not possible.

Well, Dambly’s quality is the differentiating factor (for better or worse)!

 

[Nitwit]

How many times do you expect anyone to explain things to you..... so that you can say “No, I don’t agree”?
(BTW: You can go watch the YouTube instructional videos every day, if you’d like )

That’s more than a bit presumptuous of you, isn’t it?
Are you even expecting to reimburse people for the time wasted trying to educate you?


LOL

BTW: $362 Million


Ciao..... again

Just explain it once, without all the baggage. I’m not interested in a pissing contest. I’m sure many on the board would be interested in your information if you have it. Attacking me personally is not a valid response to a serious question about the substance of the issue at hand. Again I’ll wait for your responses to the questions I raised above regarding these costs and the procurement process which lead to them. Thanks

 

[Art]

Well, Dambly’s quality is the differentiating factor (for better or worse)!

I'm just flabbergasted. The Fairs must be losing their touch.

 

[L.A.Lion]

I was going to bid even higher and use the profits to fund some Central American counterrevolutionaries, but when my willowy blonde secretary Fawn started shredding documents I got this weird feeling of deja vu and decided to hit Zeno's and sneer at grad students over a pitcher of pretentious craft brew instead.

 

[Roar More]

I was going to bid even higher and use the profits to fund some Central American counterrevolutionaries, but when my willowy blonde secretary Fawn started shredding documents I got this weird feeling of deja vu and decided to hit Zeno's and sneer at grad students over a pitcher of pretentious craft brew instead.

Fawn Liebowitz? RIP.

 

[PearlSUJam]

I was going to bid even higher and use the profits to fund some Central American counterrevolutionaries, but when my willowy blonde secretary Fawn started shredding documents I got this weird feeling of deja vu and decided to hit Zeno's and sneer at grad students over a pitcher of pretentious craft brew instead.

That's the problem, it comes down to the lowest responsible bidder in these cases, so you know whom gets to chose who's not responsible.

 

[L.A.Lion]

I’d love to know that. And if he did win a fair bid process, I’ll eat turds on the 50 yd line at halftime of the next f’ball game

That’s not how it works

Did PSU ban turd eating along with kegs? Damn, I just don't know my alma mater any more.

 

[Andy84]

That's the problem, it comes down to the lowest responsible bidder in these cases, so you know whom gets to chose who's not responsible.

Not sure about building contracts, but the guy who takes care our trees is a PSU grad. In a general conversation, I asked him if he ever bids on PSU landscape projects. He said he used to until all the bids started going to Scott’s Lanscaping whose owner is son in law of Gary Shultz. At that point he and other companies would start submitting inflated bids which in turn Scott’s increased theirs as well. The end result was PSU would pay more. I asked him how Scott’s would know what to bid if the process was supposed to be sealed and awarded to lowest bid from reputable business? My contractor said that Scott’s was told the lowest bid so they knew what to beat.

 

[91Joe95]

Sure it does. That’s why I’d like someone to explain to me what they know about it, beyond beliefs that Dambly, or other BOT members, must be profiting from it. I don’t know for example what other universities typically spend for similar projects, and how those projects may be different or similar to the East Halls renovations. Aren’t these projects awarded at least in part based on price competition among qualified bidders?Was $200k plus the low bid? How many firms submitted bids to gain the contract and what were their prices compared to the firm(s) which will receive the contract? Is this information available to the public? Just wondering if anyone here has the answers, or just the questions.

I feel like you're missing a question.