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Valley of the Sun Awarded Chapter of the Year!!
2019 CFMA National Conference
We are proud to announce that we have been named the
"CFMA Chapter of the Year" for those chapters with over 125
members. Jennifer Hopper accepted the award for our chapter at the
opening session at the National Convention. The chapter award comes as a result
of our individual dedication and joint efforts with CFMA at both the local
and national levels.
THANK YOU to everyone for helping make this award possible!!
Congratulations also to Marge Weber for being awarded the
ICCIFP Vision and Leadership Award. Marge's dedication to our industry
is evident and this award is well deserved.
Your 2019/20 President,
Karl Kortman, CCIFP
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The VA’s billion dollar boondoggle
A long-planned Veterans Affairs hospital being built in Denver, already hundreds of millions of dollars over its $604 million budget, has turned into a billion-dollar boondoggle for the agency. The contractor, Kiewit-Turner, blames the VA for ignoring agreements to submit plans that can be built within budget and has asked a federal board overseeing civilian contract disputes to let the company walk away from the job. Problems with the building emerged in January, when letters between the builder and the VA revealed the project to be running some $200 million over budget, with Kiewit-Turner blaming a pricey design that was only partially completed by the time it entered into the contract. The two sides subsequently agreed — via a handwritten agreement — to build the hospital within the original budget, with the VA in charge of submitting a new, pared-down design reflecting a number of cost-saving measures. But in a July 8 complaint to the Civilian Board of Contract Appeals, ...
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