It’s a complaint so common that it’s nearly a cliché: working with the government can entail frustrating layers of bureaucracy and maddening delays. Now a new report released by the Center for an Urban Future (CUF) and Citizens Budget Commission (CBC) has revealed that even small-scale renovation projects at New York’s city-backed libraries and cultural institutions take longer and cost more than comparable projects managed by other organizations.
Slow Build, a 36-page report based on a yearlong study of 144 projects completed between 2010 and 2014, found that even small upgrades and renovations can languish for years while the median costs for new construction projects in the group were $930 per square foot—significantly higher than five-star hotels and roughly twice as much as the average office construction project.
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