Lavish Features Cut From Over-Budget Aurora VA hospital

AURORA, Colo. (AP) – Imported Brazilian stone has been scratched from the budget-busting design for a veterans hospital under construction in Aurora, replaced by cheaper Colorado rock.
A planned $10 million landscaping scheme has been slashed to $2 million, and subcontractors who find a way to reduce costs get to keep 30 percent of the savings, according to the Army Corps of Engineers, which took over management of the project after the cost nearly tripled.
Corps officials said Wednesday t