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Hack&Lube · 03-01-2016, 01:15 PM

How do you find contractors for commercial work? Is there a Kijiji-like website or any resources with reviews/recommendations for contractors?

I have a small business and have been burned twice now by shady contractors who disappear, are late on deliverables, provided substandard work, subcontracted their work to even shadier guys who they in turn did not pay and then had liens filed against our building, etc. It's been a nightmare.

I'm currently looking for a commercial contractor and also looking for a building inspector for electrical/HVAC/plumbing for retail and restaurant and don't know where to look.

I'm really new to all this. Does anybody have any advice or recommendations?

03-01-2016, 01:15 PM	#1
Hack&Lube Atomic Nerd Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Calgary Exp:	Finding Good Contractors for Commercial Work? Burned too many times. How do you find contractors for commercial work? Is there a Kijiji-like website or any resources with reviews/recommendations for contractors? I have a small business and have been burned twice now by shady contractors who disappear, are late on deliverables, provided substandard work, subcontracted their work to even shadier guys who they in turn did not pay and then had liens filed against our building, etc. It's been a nightmare. I'm currently looking for a commercial contractor and also looking for a building inspector for electrical/HVAC/plumbing for retail and restaurant and don't know where to look. I'm really new to all this. Does anybody have any advice or recommendations?