No this is just the way State and City budget for projects. The come in with a cost that many will agree to.  Add to the scope and finds ways to pad the project costs.  Part of the Anchorage full employment program.  Port of Anchorage being a major one.  City SAP another.  What a joke.  Not a bit of project engineering.  Lets list the project that came in under budget?  I don't know any. Fun to watch every year.