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Games play general contractors.(estimating)
General contractors are constantly coming up with new and better ways to get what they want from subcontractors. Most of their efforts reside in the bid documents by using some ingenious ways to cause the subcontractor to incriminate himself. By signing the bid form, the sub is painting himself into a corner that will cover him in red ink before the job is over.
GCs include the 30-40 page subcontract in the bid documents, with all its addenda, exhibits, and attachments that involve another 100-200 pages, all written in their favor. They are counting on the sub not reading all those pages because if he did, he wouldn't sign.
Most likely, somewhere buried in the documents, it says that "by signing this bid form, you are agreeing to the entire package, with all of its roles, regulations, special conditions, and safety and …
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- On the third law of demand.
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- Press release article from: Business Wire August 23, 2004 700+ words
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- Press release article from: PR Newswire May 13, 1998 700+ words
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- Bystander.
- News wire article from: Asia Africa Intelligence Wire September 26, 2002 700+ words
...Provisions (CCP) authorized this in sub-clause 39.4 and 39.5 where "unit prices of the bid items with variation...reality bites. One, the CCP sub-clause 39.5 states that...following the definition of the CCP sub- clause 39.5(a). But...
Source: HighBeam Research, Games play general contractors.(estimating)
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