The fire and devastation at the Notre Dame Cathedral is very bad. I saw the 300 million dollars pledged by those two families and I was thinking about the rebuild. I have handled scores of fire claims, the largest being about $7,000,000 give or take. This is on another level. It's going to take time to solidify, stabilize, plan, design, raise money, mobilize and then begin construction.
1. How long do you think it'll take to begin construction? To actually start the rebuild (as opposed to the clear out)?
2. Projected length of time once work is started?
3. Projected costs? (I read that the place was in serious disrepair structurally before the fire so it'll have to be rebuilt)
My thoughts are that we won't see any construction before at least 3 years. First we'll have the C&O Investigation. (cause & origin of the fire) Then, imagine planning the new electrical, HVAC, fire-suppression, security, code-upgrades, etc. Imagine the fundraising. Bidding process.
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