john mcshane was a legend in washington known as the man who built washington. by this time, he built bureau of engraving and p printing, memorial, and pentagon which he put up in 14 months. he was a man who got things done, but with the white house job, most of the bids for the job, this was a cost-plus fixed fee contract. that probably means a lot to some of you. i had to look it up. he was bidding on his feet what would be the profit on the job. most of the contractors put in bids of half a million, three quarters a million dollars. mcshane bid $1 00,000. it was impossible for him to make a profit on the bid that loy. he did not care. he had already made his fortune, and his daughter, who is still with us, told us in an interview, basically, there was no way that daddy was not going to get that job. now things move quickly because john mcshane and the men have 6 # 60 days to gut the house, dig the new foundation, and raise the steel skeleton inside. here we have the second floor corridor a few days into the start of the demolition, and just to appreciate what

john mcshane was a legend in washington known as the man who built washington. by this time, he built bureau of engraving and p printing, memorial, and pentagon which he put up in 14 months. he was a man who got things done, but with the white house job, most of the bids for the job, this was a cost-plus fixed fee contract. that probably means a lot to some of you. i had to look it up. he was bidding on his feet what would be the profit on the job. most of the contractors put in bids of half a million, three quarters a million dollars. mcshane bid $1 00,000. it was impossible for him to make a profit on the bid that loy. he did not care. he had already made his fortune, and his daughter, who is still with us, told us in an interview, basically, there was no way that daddy was not going to get that job. now things move quickly because john mcshane and the men have 6 # 60 days to gut the house, dig the new foundation, and raise the steel skeleton inside. here we have the second floor corridor a few days into the start of the demolition, and just to appreciate what

john mcshane is already a legend in washington accused him as the man who built washington.by this time he had already built the bureau of engraving and printing, the jefferson memorial and the pentagon which he put up in 14 months. he was the man who knew how to get things done. but when it came to the white house job, most of the bids for the job, this was, by the way, this was a cost-plus fixed fee contractor i'm sure that probably means a lot to some of you. i had to look at it. basically was bidding on his feet, what would be his profit on the job. host of the contractors put in bids of half a million, three quarters of a million dollars. mcshane did $100,000. it was impossible for him to make a profit on a bid that low, and he didn't care. he had already made his fortune, and his daughter who is still with us, told me in an interview basically there was no way that daddy wasn't going to get that job. so now things began to move very quickly because john the chain and his men have only six under 60 days to get the house, put in a foundation and raise the steel skeleton