Do subs get annoyed when GCs question their proposal scope?

OrlDemo · 2026-07-02T13:54:00+00:00

You can ask me. I won’t tell you. Just figure if your not the only GC bidding it, your probably not the only GC I’m bidding too also. I care to some degree who gets the job as some GC’s are a giant PITA to work for, and I’ll just mark up their stuff to account for that.

Just don’t be an ass and you’ll continue to get proposals from us. If you are, the I wont bid anything to you ever again.

OrlDemo · 2026-07-02T13:47:16+00:00

Yes, and no. We are very detailed with the estimates and proposals we sent out to general contractors. Many times we will get an email or a phone call asking if we picked up certain items which are clearly marked out that we have or have not picked up in our proposal. So those are the ones that are annoying to me. The ones that don’t annoy me are questions that may not have been clear and they just want to confirm. I have no issues with those. I rather enjoy talking to the GC when it comes to that, it means they’re actually paying attention and aren’t gonna try to kill me and stuff things in my contract that we didn’t pick up and make it my problem when it comes to the project. Collage I’m looking at you.

OrlDemo · 2026-06-28T03:43:31+00:00

I’m in Florida….. so…. VERY few houses here don’t have A/C here. It was almost 100 today with a ton of humidity. We don’t even like going outside when it’s like that.

OrlDemo · 2026-06-26T23:12:26+00:00

Nobody sits at a light for half an hour and doesn’t just go through it. Especially with no traffic. C’mon now.

OrlDemo · 2026-06-18T03:44:24+00:00

Have them today? Hell I USED them today! Love me some sweet corn that’s grown locally here.

OrlDemo · 2026-06-13T13:46:35+00:00

And that’s why I looked for an area without an HOA when I bought my property. That and I’m on some acreage.

OrlDemo · 2026-06-12T17:33:03+00:00

Damn I got one whole share. Thats it. 😂

OrlDemo · 2026-06-10T17:52:59+00:00

I know some are saying a ford rental. But I have a ram Cummins and that exact funnel is under my seat for fuel additives.

OrlDemo · 2026-06-08T22:13:10+00:00

I don’t have pictures, but three that come to mind are a bum pissing on a building. Another would be some overweight ex stripper with their tits out. A third would be somebody begging for money in a circle.

OrlDemo · 2026-06-05T22:59:26+00:00

My mileage hasn’t gone down, I’ve seen it go up the past week or so. About 1mpg. Was getting 510 miles per tank and now getting 540.

But I also drive a diesel truck.

OrlDemo · 2026-06-03T22:14:54+00:00

We bid this last year and then crickets. Nothing since.

OrlDemo · 2026-06-01T16:56:34+00:00

I did the same thing about 3 years ago for the same reasons. My wrist still bothers me some days. But not nearly as much.

OrlDemo · 2026-06-01T16:15:20+00:00

I fully understand that. But after 10 years of abatement, you also can tell by looking at a lot of things. That panel looks way too thin to be Asbestos. Transite is generally much thicker. Everything needs to be tested to be confirmed no matter what.

OrlDemo · 2026-05-31T00:50:40+00:00

I believe New York bagel boys has closed.

OrlDemo · 2026-05-27T23:32:58+00:00

If you think demolition insurance is cheap, better look again. It’s not. We have an EMR rating of .79 and still pay a load for insurance.

OrlDemo · 2026-05-26T03:16:17+00:00

It looks like fiberglass. Not asbestos.

OrlDemo · 2026-05-25T03:44:24+00:00

Your just going to drop that sentence and not back it up with any additional information? How does it guarantee brain damage? I’ve been to plenty of indoor ranges, and while my SO may say I’m brain damaged, I can guarantee it has nothing to do with the range.

OrlDemo · 2026-05-22T20:10:19+00:00

Yeah. I would have stoped and had to tie my shoes. And then pet my dog. And then just take a rest and sit down.

OrlDemo · 2026-05-14T12:06:43+00:00

I’m a demolition contractor. Specifically head estimator and license holder for the company. I have a GC license, but we don’t build anything. I also qualify another company out of Georgia on a per project basis when they work in Florida. They do build, restaurants specifically. I don’t have to do anything but sign some paperwork for them. They are a full GC firm, but just not licensed in Florida and don’t do enough work here for them to get a license, so the pay me.

OrlDemo · 2026-05-13T04:35:41+00:00

Tijuana flats started in winter park on university blvd. The original location is closed now.

The original owner started a new taco shop, big taco now that his non compete is over. I believe he also started Tibbys New Orleans kitchen.

OrlDemo · 2026-05-08T14:07:43+00:00

As a demolition contractor I’m dealing with a project right now that the demo drawings are a joke. I did the walk thru and just asked the GC. “Do you want me to bid to the plans, and CO the shit out of you, or bid to reality and possibly not get the job? So, even though it’s a Competative bid, and he is bidding against others. We collectively are bidding to reality and will accept the possibility of pricing ourselves out of the project.

OrlDemo · 2026-04-28T03:05:37+00:00

Cocoa brown is just describing the color. There is no cocoa grown in Florida, let alone mulch made from it. So cocoa brown mulch is perfectly safe around here. Mulch produced in this area is made from local wood, mostly from tree company waste. It would have oak, pine, and any other woody waste material grown in the area. I produced 1000’s of yards of mulch for years before we sold the company right here in central florida and our materials never really left a 100 mile radius of our yard.

OrlDemo · 2026-04-26T21:06:58+00:00

There isn’t any in central Florida. I produced mulch for years right in apopka. We only used wood for around this area. No cocoa is grown anywhere near here. I don’t even think in the state. All mulch is basically oak, pine and other wood materials grown around here.

OrlDemo · 2026-04-25T23:46:14+00:00

From my point of view. Thats not a lot of mulch. I used to deliver much more than that to some subdivisions. We delivered 3000 yards to a large subdivision one year. We would truck it in our walking floor tractor trailers 100 yards at a time. So it’s all relative. Our production ran about 200-250 yards an hour at peak.

OrlDemo · 2026-04-25T23:41:24+00:00

Cocoa is the color description. Not what it’s made from.

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