26th May 2011, 11:09 PM
"I know I didn't have a lot of support, but I've never been comfortable with the situation where one company is both specifying the level of work while at the same time tendering for it"
Agreed! I received an eval specification sent by a regular client and prepared by a county arch (who shall remain nameless) a few months ago. At the back of the spec said county arch had included a price to undertake the work. Apart from being a pretty naive act, not to say reckless, the price was so low it wouldn't have covered the plant costs, never mind an actual archie to watch it. Makes you wonder how much more flexible these characters are to quality of work when it comes to 'their own'. Pretty sure we'd have been dragged over the coals if we'd got the job...
Agreed! I received an eval specification sent by a regular client and prepared by a county arch (who shall remain nameless) a few months ago. At the back of the spec said county arch had included a price to undertake the work. Apart from being a pretty naive act, not to say reckless, the price was so low it wouldn't have covered the plant costs, never mind an actual archie to watch it. Makes you wonder how much more flexible these characters are to quality of work when it comes to 'their own'. Pretty sure we'd have been dragged over the coals if we'd got the job...