1.0constructconnect.comVince Versace/%site_branch%/author/vinceversacerich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="H1fP4Tl0cS"><a href="/dcn/news/government/2019/06/letter-editor-number-right-says-cardus">Letter to the Editor: Our numbers were right, says Cardus</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="/dcn/news/government/2019/06/letter-editor-number-right-says-cardus/embed#?secret=H1fP4Tl0cS" width="600" height="338" title="“Letter to the Editor: Our numbers were right, says Cardus” — constructconnect.com" data-secret="H1fP4Tl0cS" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(c,d){"use strict";var e=!1,o=!1;if(d.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},!c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage)if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(t)if(t.secret||t.message||t.value)if(!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var r,a,i,s=d.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=d.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=0;o<n.length;o++)n[o].style.display="none";for(o=0;o<s.length;o++)if(r=s[o],e.source===r.contentWindow){if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(i=parseInt(t.value,10)))i=1e3;else if(~~i<200)i=200;r.height=i}if("link"===t.message)if(a=d.createElement("a"),i=d.createElement("a"),a.href=r.getAttribute("src"),i.href=t.value,i.host===a.host)if(d.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener("message",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),d.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),c.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(!o){o=!0;for(var e,t,r,a=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),i=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),s=d.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),n=0;n<s.length;n++){if(!(r=(t=s[n]).getAttribute("data-secret")))r=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),t.src+="#?secret="+r,t.setAttribute("data-secret",r);if(a||i)(e=t.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),t.parentNode.replaceChild(e,t);t.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:r},"*")}}}}(window,document); </script> https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2019/04/LetterToEditor_Template2.jpg1024576Dear Editor, I would like to direct readers of these pages, particularly those who’ve been critical of our research in recent weeks, to a freshly produced City of Hamilton report that corroborates our numbers. Cardus has estimated cost savings of eight to 25 per cent for municipalities that open construction contracts to all qualified bidders […]