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To: TimF who wrote (170027)	5/27/2003 11:43:39 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1583516

Is it that much cheaper to build something to American standards in Afghanistan? This is an existing building that is being rehabbed. However, even if it were new construction it should not be costing this much. A twenty story building with 300,000 sq ft of office space in a prime location in the States would cost less than $300,000,000 and that figure would include the cost of the land as well as the soft costs. It should be The labor is cheap but I'm not sure skilled labor or all of the materials are, and security probably costs more. I don't expect the necessary materials and labor are in Kabul. However, nearby Karachi, Pakistan should have the required labor and materials......and that labor and materials would be cheaper than here in the states. As for a quality sizable office building, why would a quality embassy compound cost less? I suspect sq ft for sq ft the costs might be the same or even greater for an embassy because the specs have to be customized to meet the needs of the US gov't. However, its not the sq. ft. costs that have me upset per se. The issue has to do with the size suggested by that $300 million figure. No one can convince me that the US gov't needs a 300K sq ft embassy building in Kabul.......and frankly, I don't think its anywhere near that size. Instead, we are being overbilled, or in other words, getting ripped! ted