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A new retention scam
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…
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The strength of your hand
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…
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GCs also need to…This one is actually funny.
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…
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Beware of the game
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…
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The genesis of GENdex
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…
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1st GENdex score is for Hogan review
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…
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I’m mystified by TIFF
I get it. It was one of the first picture formats capable of high-resolution pictures/plans. That said TIFF is barely mentioned anywhere anymore but I did find it in two different places. On Screen Takeoff and Planswift. Ok so you don’t want to re-write your graphics core but with interoperability being key I cannot fathom…
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Pay app repeat?
This has probably already been covered but how…I mean HOW can you simply reduce a pay app and tell someone only 3 days before you send out a check? Agree/disagree with % complete but common courtesy would demand some type of communication? And yet there was none.
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My time is important and yours is NOT
Asking for immediate response when unwilling to respond or put ridiculous conditions as a pre-requisite is just not cool.