CDUB98 said:
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To be fair, a hurricane rolling through while most of the pumps were sitting on the ground waiting for install (which then required bearing changeouts for ALL of them) did not do any favors there...
If memory serves, there was quite a bit of "on the spot engineering" due to some things not working out the way they had intended (I was working for a contractor there from 09-12).
It wasn't just pumps, it was large pumps and also giant turbines. It was a major blunder.
But that's not the only reason the price skyrocketed. Bechtel was one of the main contractors as well, and they are notorious for underquoting and change ordering their customer to death.
Oh trust me...I know. The other part of that is Bechtel
royally screwed up spec'ing some of those really big units out. I know of 4 pumps that had to be re-rated right out of the gate that cost damn near 1 million on their own. A lot of units were sized according to upset conditions instead of normal operation, which caused all sorts of rework. Metallurgical decisions that were made at the order that then proved catastrophic, resulting in biiiig rework at aftermarket rates.
That whole project was a masterclass on how not to do it.
