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Update: I quit bidding jobs off a phone walkthrough after the Riverside school job bit me
Last month I bid a 12,000 sq ft tenant buildout in Riverside off a 10 minute phone walkthrough with the property manager. I sent in $47,500 and felt good about it. Then I showed up with my crew and found out the whole west wall was on a slope, the panel was a 400 amp 3 phase I never saw, and the ceiling was full of old conduit nobody mentioned. That turned a clean job into a $9,000 screwup out of my own pocket. My old foreman Ray always gripes about how I bid too fast, and standing in that hallway I finally admitted he was right. Now I walk every job myself before a number goes out, no matter what. What's your rule for when a phone walk just isn't enough?
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angelac6310h ago
Wait, the property manager couldn't mention a 400 amp panel on the phone? Was it a secret or something? Yeah, phone bids are like playing poker with a blindfold on, you're just hoping nobody lied to you.
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