WDC delaying relocation of 2,000 CMs from SOCAL to Central FL

[DLgal]

A good portion of this delay is certainly procurement of construction materials. Upwards of 1 year for electrical switchgear. 7-10 months for roofing materials. The list goes on.

Wouldn't they have known about these delays when they announced the project and immediately forced cast members to make a relocation decision within 90 days?

 

[HopperFan]

I wonder - has the project already been bid? Has an agreement w/ the contractor been signed?

It has already begun, so yes. The water has be redirected, the land is being moved about, the sewer piping is all there.

 

[DISJeff74]

Wouldn't they have known about these delays when they announced the project and immediately forced cast members to make a relocation decision within 90 days?

Perhaps to a degree depending specifics of when the Construction Manager was hired and when the material approval process had begun. Things started to get progressively worse starting in fall and even more so after the 1st of the year.
Regardless, contract or not, the subcontractor's are at the mercy of the suppliers.

 

[Mr. Drauer]

site work is continuing as we speak. Clearing and grading is still happening today, and the infrastructure (SW ponds, piping, etc) is part of this work. By the way, for all those talking about Reedy Creek, all projects at WDW still have to get permits from the state and feds for new development. Reedy Creek does not issue a permit for this - they still have to comply with Florida's requirements for stormwater treatment and attenuation and chapter 373 requirements for wetlands (those are permitted by South Florida Water Management District), as well as the federal 404b regulations for wetlands under the Clean Water Act (those are permitted by the US Army Corps of Engineers). RCID reviews these applications prior to being submitted but does not have regulatory authority to authorize. The Lake Nona project is outside of the geographic coverage of RCID, though their engineers still reviewed the project permit packages prior to submittal.

 

[lukemorenus]

I think I commiserate with ChipnDale79. Disney is a FL economic and employment powerhouse and shouldn't accept the Governor's retribution without reacting.

Absolutely correct - we need to push back against governing by petty revenge

 

[jade1]

Universal has its own developmental/economic district. It just doesn't have it's own "improvement" district.

Either way the US process appears to be much faster. Certainly doesn't appear that RC makes WDW projects much faster than US.

 

[jade1]

By the way, for all those talking about Reedy Creek, all projects at WDW still have to get permits from the state and feds for new development. Reedy Creek does not issue a permit for this - they still have to comply with Florida's requirements for stormwater treatment and attenuation and chapter 373 requirements for wetlands (those are permitted by South Florida Water Management District), as well as the federal 404b regulations for wetlands under the Clean Water Act (those are permitted by the US Army Corps of Engineers). RCID reviews these applications prior to being submitted but does not have regulatory authority to authorize. The Lake Nona project is outside of the geographic coverage of RCID, though their engineers still reviewed the project permit packages prior to submittal.

Either way the US process appears to be much faster. Certainly doesn't appear that RC makes WDW projects much faster than US.