Pentagon Renovation: A Promise Kept

A few weeks after 9-11, the renovation team promised to repair the Pentagon by Sept 11, 2002. They kept the promise. Here is the amazing story behind the achievement that many considered impossible.

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September 9, 2002, 5:00 AM PDT

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

"It's an achievement that many considered impossible, particularly for a government-run construction program. Not incidentally, it has transformed the image of a Pentagon renovation program that just a few years ago was so mired in cost overruns, schedule delays and poor quality that it was threatened with cancellation. And it has captured attention across the country... Leading an army of several thousand workers itching to respond to the terrorist attack, Evey and Kilsheimer turned a construction project into a crusade."

Thanks to Abhijeet Chavan

FULL STORY: From Ruins, Pentagon Rises Renewed

Saturday, September 7, 2002 in The Washington Post

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