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Originally Posted by Delgar
That's strong language, but I can understand this. The owner wants cost certainty, the bidder wants to win the work by being low bid. The contract governs, so there becomes a huge spec sheet outlining, increasingly to the nth degree, the exact specs. And then the game becomes, what are part of the specs and what are extras. Lots of room on either side to twist things around.
Then add a general contractor in between them. And an EPC.
But yeah, what a game.
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There is a reason that very few projects complete on budget and on time without some sort of litigation.
It's also one that isn't seeing the level of productivity gains that it should.
Maybe the current economy is sucking the enjoyment out of the job. But I'm starting to think even if the money came back the enjoyment factor still wouldn't come back unless something else changed.