As a guess, the land was probably donated by the city of Nashville, or sold for very little. I would hate to think what was under that data center. If the data center is 21 years old, the landfill is a lot older. When did some of the recent EPA regs on landfills start impacting municiple owned landfills?
Larry Gray Large Systems Engineering Lowe's Companies 336-658-7944 -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hal Merritt Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2008 11:45 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Disaster in the making Low Bid. Many government entities are bound by law to solicit proposals from everyone and take the lowest bid. I once worked in the construction industry, and 'low bid' was used as a derogatory term and as a general answer to the question: 'What went wrong?'. -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rick Fochtman Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2008 10:05 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Disaster in the making This gives me pause. What were the original "site selectors" thinking ?? Gary Green wrote: >We plan and plan and plan to make sure everything is correct with the systems and such that we are responsible for. Then along comes someone that make a decision that makes it all moot. > >You gotta read this article. If it were not so serious, it would be funny. > >http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic &articleId=9109498&source=NLT_DIS&nlid=14 > NOTICE: This electronic mail message and any files transmitted with it are intended exclusively for the individual or entity to which it is addressed. The message, together with any attachment, may contain confidential and/or privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, printing, saving, copying, disclosure or distribution is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please immediately advise the sender by reply email and delete all copies. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
