After 17 years, Pentagon renovation is complete

[alp227]

Source: The Washington Post

The last construction barriers have been removed, the pneumatic hammers have fallen silent, and the final displaced employees have returned.

After 17 years, the job of renovating the Pentagon is complete. Little remains to be done but
the paperwork closing out the $4.5 billion program, which when it began was the world’s largest reconstruction project.

Constructing the building took just 17 frenetic months during World War II and remains one of the great engineering feats in U.S. history.

The Pentagon renovation, however, went on for so long that the first parts completed are showing their age, and some equipment — including fire alarms and electrical and mechanical systems — are already being upgraded.

Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/after-17-years-pentagon-renovation-is-complete/2011/06/03/AGBpp3eH_singlePage.html

[Politicalboi]

1. Yes

But can they shoot a plane out of the sky?

[Grey]

2. Have they added any surveillance cameras?

[Wilms]

4. Yeah. But you still can't see the footage.

It's a National BFEE Security thang.

[MichiganVote]

3. Oh thank God. For a minute I thought we'd jilted the Pentagon at the public's expense.

[jdadd]

5. 17 Years huh?

They shoulda had my Ex wife for construction overseer....She bitched when it took me 6 months to renovate the kitchen, after work and on weekends.....

[They_Live]

6. It's like a Onion headline

eom

[AtheistCrusader]

7. Well, at least we'll get our money's worth, since these wars are never going to end.

[rabs]

8. When I read the subject line

thought the story was going to be about Panetta ....

[defendandprotect]

9. Bake sale for some security cameras? Alarm system? Accounting books for cash shipped to Iraq?

And - maybe a little something for shooting down incoming --


:rofl: --

Had they told us that the Russians did 9/11 we'd still be :rofl:

[Corruption Winz]

10. You know how you can tell when something might be taking you too long?

When you're finished with the last portion.. you have to update and redo the first portion.

Good God. 17 years? So, it took a year to redo what it took a month to make in the first place. This place better have toilets that wipe your ass for you, clean your hands as you leave the bathroom and give you a self-esteem boosting compliment as the door swings closed.

[SpiralHawk]

11. Will they finally mount some pop guns or something on the roof to defend themselves?

Or will the Pentagon (R) continue with the famous Sitting Duck Defense (R) they used so pathetically under xCommander AWOL Bush when, with an hour's warning, they could not muster so much as a pea shooter to defend themselves?

[Javaman]

12. This is now a fully operational death star. nt