Alan Myers tweeted this last nightWheres the club statement mate? Havent seen it tbh
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Alan Myers tweeted this last nightWheres the club statement mate? Havent seen it tbh
I negotiate/manage these type of deals as part my job.
What has happened here is not unheard of. However, standard practice when hiring a design architect would include Meis' firm providing a complete outline of scope and costs for their involvement in each stage of development. One would need to see the tender docs and design agreement to understand the original intent of the scope and what his expectations should have been at this stage.
When you use an international design firm there is always a need to hire a local architect with knowledge of local building codes and regulations for compliance purposes. Generally however the local architects work under the design architect and in consultation with the owner directly to keep the desired "vision" intact. Regardless of the technical architect's contract scope being awarded elsewhere it would be most common and advantageous to retain Meis in some fashion as design consultant at least. No one is better at selling a vision to politicians and stakeholders than the artist himself. I do find it odd he has been frozen out.
Many factors could have played into what has happened. I am not local to Liverpool or Europe for that matter but in my experience it could be any of the following:
1. Cost
2. Quality and detail of bid submitted for the work was simply inferior.
3. a redesign is coming.
4. stakeholder politics both local and international
5. Developer/Engineer leveraging local influence on owner
6. Potential Financier (which is sometimes local government) using leverage to Influence owner's choice of who gets the work.
In summary business took place. Business is cruel, rarely fair and someone always loses. Usually the nice guy.
Cheers
so what’s the next phase? I’m lost here mate sorry if I sound thick...
Concept Architect has been ditched now that his work is completed, in exchange with for a technical Architect who will be knee deep in the detail; cost implications and practical implications of certain area's of the design.
Good news - it was part of the plan and suggests it is moving along nicely
Bad news - we might see a slightly diluted version of BMD with costs Vs design Vs engineering implications becoming a reality
That's our Dave. He did it with Brands too. However in this case I agree with him.I don’t get it though, you don’t want him to say anything normally but now you do? He can’t win. Even if it’s about Everton I don’t see why people could care less, his jobs done and planning is in.
To the same specifications or cheaper option?I don’t care what you do who you stab in the back just build the damn thing
As I understand it the nice brickwork will be constructed of imprinted concrete panels anyway.So the nice brickwork will be replaced with combustible cladding no doubt