Another A$ININE cost over-run.
If I went into my mgmt's office and said "aw, geez; the project is going to cost EIGHTEEN times the original budget" I would be shown the DOOR with a large boot in my butt.
That is the CORRECT response to this sort of garbage.
UNACCEPTABLE for any reason.

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Yes, there is such a thing as NORMAL, if you have to ask what is "NORMAL" , you probably aren't !
Failure may not be an OPTION, but it is ALWAYS a POSSIBILITY.
ALL systems are GO for MAYHEM, CHAOS, TURMOIL, FIASCOS, and HAVOC !