hillwillwin08
05-24-2010, 10:01 AM
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-05-21/home-improvement-at-the-white-house-376-million-and-4-years.html
In case you were wondering, the Obamas will remain in the WH during the renovations (at least for the first two years). :D
Parts of the White House have gotten a little creaky and out-of-date since the last overhaul five decades ago, so starting tomorrow the jackhammers and backhoes will be fired up to begin a four-year, $376 million project to improve the infrastructure in the East and West Wings.
“This is the biggest upgrade since the complete renovation of the executive mansion in the Truman era,” said Bob Peck, public buildings commissioner of the General Services Administration, the agency that manages federal facilities.
President Barack Obama, who took over the White House 16 months ago and often tells audiences about the advantages of having a “nice home office,” won’t have to move his family out, as President Harry Truman and first lady Bess Truman did.
In case you were wondering, the Obamas will remain in the WH during the renovations (at least for the first two years). :D
Parts of the White House have gotten a little creaky and out-of-date since the last overhaul five decades ago, so starting tomorrow the jackhammers and backhoes will be fired up to begin a four-year, $376 million project to improve the infrastructure in the East and West Wings.
“This is the biggest upgrade since the complete renovation of the executive mansion in the Truman era,” said Bob Peck, public buildings commissioner of the General Services Administration, the agency that manages federal facilities.
President Barack Obama, who took over the White House 16 months ago and often tells audiences about the advantages of having a “nice home office,” won’t have to move his family out, as President Harry Truman and first lady Bess Truman did.