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Make Way for More Scaffolding on the Washington Monument
- By Charles S. Clark
- September 26, 2012
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J. Scott Applewhite/AP
Amidst all the election hoopla and the looming fiscal cliff, it’s easy to forget that a key feature of life in the nation’s capital has been out of commission for more than 13 months.
The Washington Monument has been closed to visitors since it was damaged by the regional earthquake of August 2011. On Wednesday, the National Park Service of the National Capital Region announced that it had selected a contractor to execute the $15 million in needed repairs (half of which was financed in these tight budget times by philanthropist David Rubenstein, co-founder of the Carlyle Group).
The winner: Perini Management Services Inc. of Framingham, Mass. According to the Associated Press, the company’s parent worked on the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, and includes firms that helped restore the monument in the 1990s.
The 555-foot structure is not expected to reopen for trips to the top until 2014. Be ready for scaffolding.
Charlie Clark joined Government Executive in the fall of 2009. He has been on staff at The Washington Post, Congressional Quarterly, National Journal, Time-Life Books, Tax Analysts, the Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges, and the National Center on Education and the Economy. He has written or edited online news, daily news stories, long features, wire copy, magazines, books and organizational media strategies.
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