hartliss wrote:GRID wrote:Wow, I love the AECOM design. I actually don't like the B&M nearly as much. It seems too 1960's or something.
I liked Aecom's as well. It will be interesting to see how the city responds and if they will go "against" the hometown team....
Either one would be an amazing improvement. IT just seems like the B&M proposal seems a bit dated, but they are preliminary renderings so you probably can't base too much off that.
I have relatives that live in KC and they actually seem rather annoyed by the B&M media blitz. I think they may have gone a bit too far with that and actually opened the door themselves for people to be more open to outside firms.
It would be nice for a local firm to get the job so they can re-invest any profits back into the community, but I don't see much of a difference with this large of a project. If anything, it could even out because there will be a lot of fresh people coming and going constantly. Lots of local firms will be contracted, but there will be many flights, hotels etc filled up as well. And AECOM may end up opening a permanent office in KC after doing a large job there. IT happens all the time.
As a former B&M employee, I would love to see them get it though. They are a great local company and one of the few that have not played the (we will move to Kansas game). But they have to "deserve" the project. The best proposal should win the job. And for all I know they could have the best proposal.