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Do you really want a low bidder to build your important project?
Not if low price is the only benefit that contractor gives you.
The typical chain reaction when low price is the only consideration in a construction project:
- Cheap price
- Quality cuts
- Supervision cuts
- Inspection cuts
- Cheap work
- Customer dissatisfaction
- Disputes
- Slow pay
- No pay
- Litigation
- Nobody wins but the lawyers!
The new priorities of an intelligent buyer of construction services:
- Quality
- Function
- Completion date
- Aesthetics
- Compliance with regulations
- Effective safety procedures
- Maintenance cost
- Energy cost
- Minimum stress
- Initial cost
Choosing a Contractor: A Checklist
- Look at both recent and past jobs.
- Talk to past customers.
- Check credit history and financial stability.
- Check payment reputation.
- Check safety record.
- Check litigation history.
- Meet with owners and the key employees
who will be managing your job.
- Look at job control techniques.
- Check current workload; can they really handle your job?
- Can you communicate openly with this contractor?
- Ask the contractor to show evidence of using
a TQM program that works.
Advice Based on 50 Years in Construction
Choose your contractor carefully. You will live with the results of your decision for a long time.
Buyers of construction services find that selecting a Jack Miller Network member for their project may be the best means of ensuring that they're choosing a top quality contractor. They've discovered that they're really getting the combined wisdom and experience of over 700 of the industries elite firms and from that knowledge base there is no problem that can't be overcome. Members share information continually on www.jackmiller.com and meet face to face every six months. A member recently wrote; "I have belonged to many trade groups during my career, but I have never encountered so many people interested in me and how they could help me solve the problems. This is what construction should be!"
Look for this logo when you choose your contractor:
It stands for a group of contractors dedicated to win/win sharing of experience, knowledge and new technology.
Our goal: Help each member be the best he or she can be.
That's the kind of contractor you want building your important project!
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