Half Million Euro Design Waste?

Atlantic Technological University in Galway dumped over 200K euros on architects for a student building — only to freeze the project in 2022 when costs ballooned from 14M to 18M euros. Nearly half a million euros in design fees, including 113K to one firm and 145K on engineering, went to waste — critics calling it reckless spending on a project that never broke ground. But the university insists the work retains value, with new planning permission in hand and the original site still preferred — keeping the door open for future construction if costs stabilize. Support the show:Get a discount at https://solipillow.com/discount/dnn. Advertise on DNN:[email protected] This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting.Report issues to [email protected]. View sources & latest updates:https://sources.thednn.ai/e44c53d98091cfef