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Old October 27, 2015   #9
Worth1
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I was going to buy a green house for $10,000 I think it was 12 x 16 or 18
It had all the bells and whistles fully automated and it was glass.
Sometimes I wish I would have bought it.

A government project always costs more than a private one.
It should be a crime.

If you bid a job with the government of any kind the way you would commercial you will lose money.

You had darn well better have your ducks in a row and read the contract like 5 times.
You will get stuck with prevailing wage, liquidated damages, if the inspectors want to they will run you through the wringer.
This is where you have to suck up and take them out to dinner and be their buddy even though you hate them
Sometimes even a little blackmail works wonders.
You dont have to do anything just get something on them and make sure they know it.
Does your wife know about the girl on the job? Click.
Now about that little thing with the sidewalk being off grade a wee bit.

Sometimes if not all the time they will make you hire a HUB subcontractor if one is available.
Then sometimes the Union is involved so you have to grease their palms.
Yep I can see where it would cost $70,000, been there done it.

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