"F" for government

“F” for government

Hmmm. So NOW you need a favor.

Where is the disconnect?

The amount of waste is stupifying. The amount of customer service is non-existent. I’ve been sitting in the lobby for 20 mins of a city public works department. No fewer than 4 people have walked by without saying a word. Happy to take the fees but the return service expected is rarely returned.

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The hypocrisy of it all: When a supplier can’t

Code of Ethics. Supplier code. Doing business code. Every single thing from their “five pillars” of doing business to 50-page ethics code flies completely in the face of everything that has occurred with their product. In fact lies have been told by the manufacturer’s sales reps to attempt to cover-up a variety of things. They’re […]

Typically contingency % for building

Everywhere I look I see 5-10% as typical. That said there is currently a 26 million dollar public works project that only set aside 2.5%. From there the GC doesn’t book change orders but strictly as contingency expenses but then turns around and claims a low amount of change orders which isn’t true. So rather […]

New CO ratio to be included in future genDEX

It isn’t integrated yet as details are still being worked on but the general idea is that GCs seem to be really good at booking credits and back charges and REALLY slow at approving change orders. This can greatly affect pay apps and cash flows. A slight difference might be expected because of presentation to […]

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