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#98:  Good Faith Limits on Termination for Convenience

NH Construction Law

After the subcontract was signed but before the work started, the general contractor realized that a nearly identical project had been painted by the same sub at a lower per-unit price, and decided to invoke the termination clause, simultaneously inviting the sub to submit a new, lower bid.

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“Why are bids so different?” and why your proposal document is most important when it least seems so.

Construction Marketing Ideas

This posting from Paul Lesieur in the Remdodelcrazy.com blog is worth repeating:’ Why are the bids so different? We like the contractor with the highest bid best because he had detailed all the fixtures we wanted and his estimate was very detailed in general. Why are the bids so different?

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Contractors Job Costing Library The Key To Increased Profits

Contractor Bookkeeping

Every contractor has a Job Costing Library, some keep it in their head, some keep it on paper with names like completed jobs, bids, estimates. The archeologist struck a bargain with the contractors that if they would work together and deliver the Treasure Box to his office in New York City they would be rewarded handsomely.