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[jandrese]

This is exactly what you expect to happen when you're redesigning the building in the middle of construction. If the project manager can't say no then it's pretty much guaranteed to be a disaster.

On the plus side, it seems like they've finally found someone competent to fix the mess and move the project forward.

[JimboOmega → jandrese]

What I don't quite get is that the problem keeping things from being fixed seems to be entirely related to the fire system.

Meanwhile all the other issues like heavy equipment breaking tiles... none of that seems to be slowing it from opening.

So how did all the other systems wind up being more or less ready?

[detaro → JimboOmega]

The fire system was the thing that forced them to admit the delays and has gotten the biggest publicity, because failing the fire certification forbids them from doing anything except construction work. I don't think anyone had (or even has now) a clue if the other things actually were completely ready. Stuff like power lines in the wrong cable channels makes one suspect they weren't...