Bit of a stretch to say lessons have been learned if the 2nd ship is coming in at almost the same price as the 1st ship.
‘Lessons learned’ delete the whatsApps every night before bed
See, told you… give all our resources to London…. they know how to spend them…..Queen Elizabeth Line anybody? Channel Tunnel perhaps? HS2? Euston Station? Another airport?🤔
Is there even a point in learning lessons now? It’s not as though Ferguson will ever get another contract / another chance to put these lessons into effect.
Stealing the catchphrase from the SNP, wasn’t that Nicola’s go to when failing to deliver on every over-promise.
At least the article makes an attempt at explaining wtf actually happened that was adding more to the cost
From the article:
“Construction of the two vessels, the first ships ever built by a UK shipyard capable of running on liquefied natural gas (LNG), has been plagued by design challenges since the order was placed in 2015.
Steel fabrication outpaced detailed design work, leading to errors and reworking, with repeated delays and cost increases that continued after the Port Glasgow yard fell back into administration and was nationalised in 2019.
The yard’s former owner, Jim McColl, blamed ferries procurement agency CMAL for putting a poorly-developed concept design out to tender, and then interfering in the design process – but CMAL rejected that claim, saying problems arose due to “catastrophic” contractor failure”
Edit to add: I’m not saying it wasn’t a clusterfuck that Holyrood were right to keep ploughing money into – I just mean at least it says what caused the actual price rises
A lesson learned would be binning them off entirely and getting them built abroad for a fraction of the price.
This is learning the lesson…then doing it again to see if it’ll work this time.
Like toe punting the skirting board, realising it hurts, and then toe punting it again to see if it still hurts.
Idiocy at its pure and finest
Lovely. So barring any further issues with the build or on sea trials all they have to do is redesign & rebuild Ardrossan harbour so she can actually berth there
How the fuck had any lesson been learned and by who?
Maybe Ferguson has learned how to take the piss better ?
You could buy everyone on the island a speed boat for that amount of money.
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Another cool £7m increase. So much for the second deal not being a [blank cheque.](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-65621657)
Bit of a stretch to say lessons have been learned if the 2nd ship is coming in at almost the same price as the 1st ship.
‘Lessons learned’ delete the whatsApps every night before bed
See, told you… give all our resources to London…. they know how to spend them…..Queen Elizabeth Line anybody? Channel Tunnel perhaps? HS2? Euston Station? Another airport?🤔
Is there even a point in learning lessons now? It’s not as though Ferguson will ever get another contract / another chance to put these lessons into effect.
Stealing the catchphrase from the SNP, wasn’t that Nicola’s go to when failing to deliver on every over-promise.
At least the article makes an attempt at explaining wtf actually happened that was adding more to the cost
From the article:
“Construction of the two vessels, the first ships ever built by a UK shipyard capable of running on liquefied natural gas (LNG), has been plagued by design challenges since the order was placed in 2015.
Steel fabrication outpaced detailed design work, leading to errors and reworking, with repeated delays and cost increases that continued after the Port Glasgow yard fell back into administration and was nationalised in 2019.
The yard’s former owner, Jim McColl, blamed ferries procurement agency CMAL for putting a poorly-developed concept design out to tender, and then interfering in the design process – but CMAL rejected that claim, saying problems arose due to “catastrophic” contractor failure”
Edit to add: I’m not saying it wasn’t a clusterfuck that Holyrood were right to keep ploughing money into – I just mean at least it says what caused the actual price rises
A lesson learned would be binning them off entirely and getting them built abroad for a fraction of the price.
This is learning the lesson…then doing it again to see if it’ll work this time.
Like toe punting the skirting board, realising it hurts, and then toe punting it again to see if it still hurts.
Idiocy at its pure and finest
Lovely. So barring any further issues with the build or on sea trials all they have to do is redesign & rebuild Ardrossan harbour so she can actually berth there
How the fuck had any lesson been learned and by who?
Maybe Ferguson has learned how to take the piss better ?
You could buy everyone on the island a speed boat for that amount of money.