I'd be more likely to pay attention to the Works and Engineering Minister's so-called 'refuting' of a media report regarding the new Court building, if said Minister didn't ask us to seriously believe that said building was substantially complete.
It isn't.
Not even close by any normal non-political reality suspending definition.
All of these photos were taken today, 30th December 2009, one month after the structure was declared 99% complete (click the thumbnails for the full size photos).
The corner of Court and Church Streets, coincidentally the highest trafficked viewing spot, looks complete, with walls and roof painted, windows installed etc.. Clearly that one corner was given priority to give the perception of progress from Church St..
The rest of the building? Not so much. Huge sections unplastered, unsealed, bare beams, pipes exposed, no windows.
And we did a roof wetting on this? Bermudians don't bring out the rum until the exterior of the building is actually complete.
On Friday, Mr. Burgess said that the steel structure, reinforcing, external and internal walls and roofing on the building is 99 percent complete.
And that is before we're supposed to believe that completion excluded the complete interior fit out which will take 18 months. Survey contractors on whether normal clients let them get away with that.
If you're going to outright invent facts such as '99% complete", which any rational observer can independently verify as nonsense with a simple drive-by, you can't expect your 800 word 'refutation' on other issues to be accepted as credible, whether true or not.
