Still think going with the lowest bid is smart after what happened at that Fox Creek job site

Back in May I was subbing on a commercial reno in Fox Creek and the GC went with a guy who bid $12k under everyone else. By week two his crew had ripped out the wrong support beam and we lost 3 days waiting on an engineer to sign off. Has anyone else had a lowball bidder cost them more in delays than they saved upfront?

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lee_butler1mo ago

Man that sucks. Worst I saw was a guy who bid $8k under on a foundation pour and his concrete was mixed wrong, ended up having to jackhammer the whole thing out and start over. Cost everyone on site a full week and the GC ended up paying $15k more than if he'd just gone with the normal bid. Lowballers always cut corners somewhere and it's always the other trades who pay for it in lost time.

blair_gibson781mo ago

Exactly. Learned that lesson the hard way too. Now I only bid with subs I know personally.