HardHatChat
AUGUST 21, 2012
Like many of you, we spent the summer enjoying our country’s beautiful landscapes – from the badlands in the Dakotas to the mountains of Montana. Some of you are probably wondering if the travel costs that become part of the general conditions and overall construction budget of a national general contractor are worth it to the client.
Rory Woolsey
JANUARY 30, 2012
All contractors have faced this at one time or another where they were low bid on a project and learn as the job unfolds why they were low bid. Rory Woolsey has worked in Management and Engineering for the construction industry for 35 years, starting as a construction laborer in Billings, Montana, in 1972.
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Rory Woolsey
APRIL 24, 2012
All contractors have faced this at one time or another where they were low bid on a project and learn as the job unfolds why they were low bid. · Travel distance. · It is painful and it all comes back to scope, scope, scope!! · Weather. · · Time of year. · · Access/ egress. ·
Rory Woolsey
FEBRUARY 28, 2012
As you travel south the road signs point you in a direction that does not match the plan causing great consternation to the driver. Hasty plans make for troubling travel. Double Check Phase: All good cost estimates are checked and double checked prior to establishing it as the project budget or bid price for a project.
Cassell Construction Estimating
MARCH 26, 2009
March finds the bid market slowing in many areas, but holding its own in a few areas. However some of our clientele reports that it’s still possible to bid a job with some profit, and actually get awarded the job. While much of our work can be done remotely from our office in Washington, we’re traveling frequently again.
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