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Little progress made at Berlin's new airport
Published: 23 Dec 12 10:53 CET | Print version
Online: http://www.thelocal.de/national/20121223-46949.html
A visit from experts from the federal Transportation Ministry to Berlin's delay-plagued new airport showed that next to nothing had been done since their last visit to the construction site in August, according to a report by the Bild am Sonntag.
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It said there were more security and supervisory personnel than actual workers on the site.
The new airport was supposed to have opened on June 3 of this year, but just weeks before that officials announced the airport was far from ready and it would have to be delayed.
It is now set to open in Oct. 2013, but if this and other recent reports are correct authorities appear to be running up against severe obstacles for even maintaining that date.
The report listed a number of serious construction problems at the airport including rain water entering the ventilation system at the airport's train station.
It also said the fire protection system at the train station has no connection to the fire alarm system at the airport. The wall coverings in the elevators are not fit with any fireproof studs and will have to be replaced. Escalators between the train station and the plaza building appear to be too short and will have to be extended.
The report also said that several thousand square meters are at this date only in the early shell construction phase.
Berlin’s Mayor Klaus Wowereit, who is also head of the airport's supervisory board, is no longer promising that the airport will open on Oct. 27, 2013 as now planned.
Apart from this, the paper wrote that tax payers are facing extra costs in the billions stemming from the delays.
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Have you ever wondered why, when they dig up the street that days weeks and sometimes months go bye before the next sub contractor appears on site, That is because they rarely have a general contractor that schedules and pays all the subs.German efficiency is a myth.
Totally agree with you. One only has to drive through Mitte to see how innefficient they are. The street between HaubtBahnhof and Nordbahnhof has been sectioned off for years now and no work has been done. A whole busy main street in the centre of Berlin out of service for years with no progress being made. It is a total disgrace and a very bad inconvenience on Berliners.
Isn't that Germans in general? Always looking for the most for the least. Never rent to a German and if you have a German neighbour keep a close eye on your property boundaries.