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Why Expecting General Contractors To Be Ontime and On Budget Is Crazy
1. Why Expecting General Contractors To Be
Ontime and On Budget Is Crazy
Source : https://www.stressfreepropertymanagement.com/blog/why-expecting-general-contractors-to-be-ontime-and-on-budget-is-crazy
2. As a Brandon Property Management company, I
just recently hired two general contractors for
two different projects. Both had done work for
our companies over the years and had good
reputations, but it was the first time I hired them
for some personal construction projects.
3. The quality of the work for both projects were excellent. The time frames
were delayed. This is where normal folks start getting upset, and I must
admit it does bother me a bit. In this case, I didn’t give either one of them a
hard time, because I could clearly see the quality and attention to detail
was superb.
4. However, when I got the bills from both, I was annoyed because the
change orders were higher then expressed to me during the projects.
So, I did what I usually do when I’m thinking of engaging in an
aggressive argument, I talk to my very calm, Buddha-like patient,
partner, Chris.
5. He explained that I can’t have the same standard for a general
contractor that I have for myself. They are working in hot, dirty
environments all day and dealing with surly sub-contractors that don’t
show up and give them hassles all the time. When they get home after
a working 12-hour day, they attempt to do their paperwork and billing.