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Removing part of project from bid. Will it cause increase in re-bid?
Comments (11)Thank you for your feedback. It sounds like all of you are still inundated with work despite the pandemic. I guess I need to clarify about our response to Contractor B when he brought his bid back in March. We told him that the world had changed since we initially solicited his bid. We were now hesitant about committing to a major project when there were so many uncertainties about this virus and what effects it would have. We didn't know what the stock market would do and how it would affect our financial resources we were planning to commit to the project. We didn't know about having multiple workers trampling through our place when none of us yet knew contagion risks (and my husband and I are both high risk). We didn't know how supply chains would be affected. To us those were legitimate reasons for deferring making a decision. Apparently many of you don't feel those are legitimate reasons to put off having instantly signed a contract. Contractor C (the one who jumped in and finished the upstairs) is a one man show. He basically charges his same hourly rate whether he is doing the highly skilled work we know he is capable of doing very well or doing totally unskilled labor. This is where the major difference in pricing comes in. We are having a difficult time justifying paying the prices he is asking to do things like popcorn ceiling removal and wallpaper removal (things that a larger contractor would get his lower paid employees to do). His pricing is comparable to contractor B for the portions of the job that require more skilled labor. I can see that it is now time for us to write out a very, very specific scope of work for the entire downstairs. The one we had with contractor B was quite specific but needed to be tweaked the way everyone makes changes before signing a final contract. We never made those tweaks because we hesitated on going forward....See MoreCovid Impact on Soc. Sec. Benefits?
Comments (16)Thank you, Nickel. Yes, that will be our next step. Husband had another conversation today and this one sounds more promising. Anna Eshoo came through for him with a traveling visa problem some years ago, so we will try her again if no progress is made after today. Maifleur, husband was told to to send in his passport which will be acceptable; they do have it and just need to input the info. But only certain people (person?) can do this and he cannot communicate with her. He's been given another name so hopefully that person can do same. Thank you for your suggestions....See MoreWhat do you think the Covid situation will be in mid-August 2021
Comments (39)Lets follow the SCIENCE. The vaccine is here. Age is only one factor in receiving it--job factors heavily. Immunity from this vaccine and having recovered from COVID is unknown as this is all to soon. The other saving grace on the horizon is a treatment. The Washington crowd getting ill before the election all received the new treatment that is in clinical trials right now. It's out of the Lab my youngest works for. The problem is TIME. It is still in clinical trials--so far they are getting fabulous results but safety says finish the trials. Once the treatment is in place and the vaccine is like seasonal flu people will be treated...things will go back to full normal. WHEN will this all be firmly in place is anyone's guess. We are living in the middle of a time of learning about something NEW. I would not personally put huge amounts of money down on travel that cannot be recovered until the treatment is available and I have not heard the timeline on the trials. YOU may well be safe but that does not mean venues are open, travel is as it was. I would like to know who this 50% of "medical workers" are. People you cannot read a stat like that and not ask to see THE SPECIFICS of the survey! If they are polling uneducated, minimum wage earners who work as nursing assistants, personal care assistance, home health aids then yes I believe it. Many of them truly believe in the paranoia of chips being put in these vaccines. It is also true this is very fast for a vaccine to be developed. It can take DECADES for the medical ramifications of drugs on the human body to appear. It is for sure a gamble of a certain degree. How much of a gamble, well what options at this point do we have but to trust in 2021 vaccine development is to a point we are safe when they tell us we are....See MoreName something Positive about Covid
Comments (81)Very true. Back in the day, one couldn’t go past a construction site without hearing whistles or comments. True funny story: I worked for a summer with a construction crew when I was younger. When I first went to apply, I passed them on the way to the office. And they were hunks. Not one whistle directed my way. Not that one WANTS that sort of attention but when it has happened for years and then suddenly stops, one wonders. It turned out that it was a gay business, and the construction workers were all gay....See More- 3 years ago
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