Such delays, escalating costs and daunting technical challenges "raise troubling questions as to whether this project can be constructed and operated successfully," the audit warns.
From the perspective of negotiators, there were myriad advantages to hammering out an agreement and avoiding the usual pitfalls of arbitration: long delays, escalating litigation costs, angry emotions and unpredictable outcomes.
Remarkable indeed, for its escalating budgets, endless delays and bitter rows, which climaxed this week when Nouvel boycotted the inauguration of his own building, accusing his client of "contempt for architecture, for the profession and for the architect of the most important French cultural program of the new century".
With the right knowledge, design errors can be recognised in the early stage of product design, and appropriate measures can be applied before these errors escalate and delay the project.
Critics said the documentary makers would be unable or unwilling to criticise the design, selection process or escalating costs and delay of the project.
Add to that the extremely high cost of obtaining insurance for the work, and the lack of any meaningful precedent for the operation, and most companies would see a recipe for delay, escalating costs and shrinking profits.
Over the past couple of years, the funding partners have become alarmed about the rapidly escalating cost estimates and delays in getting the project moving.
Inherent in such delays in escalating therapy may be the impression held by some that apparent clinical stability is a sign that the patient with severe sepsis may soon begin to improve with the current level of therapy.
Furthermore, barriers to call the Rapid Response Team can cause delay in escalating care.
Costs have escalated, forcing repeated delays, redesigns and downsizings, and Congress has considered no less than 25 different proposals to terminate the program.
