whys that because it didn't work for you. i do landscaping/seeding/erosion control on public projects, thats ALL i do.. my labor rates are high but my profit margins are even higher.. we do about 70% for gcs and the remainder 30% is for the public agency directly, either way its all bid out... design/build is a nightmere, designs/plans to come up, h/o's to change their mind, h/o's to not pay.. i wouldn't go back to resi/comm work in a million years, id rather go out of business.. im not saying you can't make money at it, it just wasn't my cup of tea.. the muni market is really sucking on smaller jobs like this because every lawn jockey wants to bid on them and run with the big dogs.. thats why we go after the really big jobs where you have a huge outlay for material because it drops the competition quickly. but half of them dont pay rate like they are supposed to or screw the job up completley.. nathaniel, you need to submit all your questions to the owner and get Written answers, dont just wing it.. most engineers will look at the wrap and the stuff they can see, not so much the backfill.. like paul said most specs are so outdated, i still see specs from the 70's but no one wants to rock the boat and change them.. its easier to just keep using them.. good luck on your job....
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Originally Posted by jshilan
A much better business model is design/build rather than bid work.
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