Then she’d watched the first excavator arrive on site. Week three. The drill bit shattered at seventeen feet.
The geology report—the one they hadn’t bought—would have shown a vein of quartzite running diagonally under the north abutment. Instead, the crew spent six days hammering through rock that should have taken two. Drill bits: $14,000 over budget. Fuel: $5,000. Overtime: $11,000. planningpme cost
“We’re $240,000 over,” he said quietly. “And we still need to pave and install railings.” Then she’d watched the first excavator arrive on site
Elena didn’t say I told you so . She didn’t need to. The numbers screamed it. 000 over budget. Fuel: $5
Elena had argued. “Marcus, Broken Creek has shale underneath. If we hit unexpected hardness, our drilling costs triple.”