“Protecting just one undocumented drainage culvert on the project cost nearly $30 million.”
One carpool lane on the 405 took five years. The contractor found nine miles of utility lines the transit agency didn’t know existed. A Bel Air landowner’s lawsuit forced a ramp redesign. The firm doubled its staff just to manage the change orders. The problem isn’t engineering. It’s that every party with a lawyer gets a veto.