It isn’t bad enough that the owners don’t have to pay the GC or the subcontractors for retention until AFTER the GC sends an actual request. Most good GCs will do so upon substantial completion and occupancy permits are granted. The bad ones take their time because it doesn’t hurt them to hold onto your […]
Poker hand. Don’t ever assume you don’t have a hand worth playing. Money for a lawsuit is not the only card a sub can play. More than likely you have information that the GC doesn’t want to goto the owner. Goto the owner with or without the GC and get your COs finalized. Compromise is […]
In their rush to be cute and to use broad language that they can use to manipulate subs into doing work that wasn’t in their bids they should probably check and double-check the normal scope of work. For example. A real example. Probably not the best idea to omit the brick from a masonry contract […]
Ok. So I can’t say for sure that it is intentional but it feels as though there is a game being played. Nobody would ever play the subs for a fool right? Well I’ve seen many ASIs and PR’s that have portions of a page and reference on the summary sheet to very specific things […]
GENSrate is the first site dedicated to making correct decisions on GCs. No longer wonder who to do business with. Know who to do business with. GCs far too often play games with your money, your company and your sanity. They can play hard, fast and loose. Sometimes a GC and success on a job […]
The actual rating is from 1-100 points. This score translates to a -50% – +50% score. Out of 100 Hogan scored a 4.8. You read that correctly. This translates to a suggestion that a sub adds a significant amount to a bid in order to compensate for trouble they will likely experience. GENdex helps subcontractors […]
