Parliament Hill shower repairs cost $28K, took a year

July 3, 2012
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Newly released documents that show how replacing a few metres of tile turned into a months-long job and cost almost $30,000 shed some light on how even simple repair jobs get complicated when they’re on Parliament Hill.

The documents show that badly installed tiles in a set of House of Commons showers took almost a year and more than $28,000 to resolve.

And they show that while officials told a reporter the delay didn’t drive up the project’s cost, in fact a request for extra work meant the project went from just over $18,000 to a total cost of $28,246.

The documents are

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