"Hey, we're rebuilding our old flagship combined sewer overflow treatment plant"
"Oh sweet, what is it gonna be"
"Well we've already approved the concept designs and are going out to drill core samples"
"Okay, uh, thanks for bringing us in now, we would have appreciated being part of this process before Engineering told us that this was what we were going to get and they're not going to take no for an answer"
"Oh and it's going to be a bigger version of the plant we currently have running the same technology"
"Wait, isn't that one a flaming porta-potty that literally everyone in O&M has sharp criticisms of and plenty of problems we've already assigned repeatedly to horrendous design and bad construction decisions?"
"Yes"
"Okay, so, first off-"
"How would you like it if it was a flaming public bathroom"
"What, no, put the fires out and search for embers before we go full bore into 2.0 what the fuc-"
"Lowest bidder search begins now"
... I love the public sector. At least the dental insurance might cover me grinding my teeth to powder.