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Originally Posted by Indydealmaker
It is not uncommon in Florida for the county to steer most road construction to one favored contractor.
That contractor starts work on one stretch, then moves on to another and then another. He goes through the funds and cannot afford to finish what he starts, so the county awards another contract so he can use the funds for previously awarded and unfinished work. And so on and so on.
It is a never ending cycle of ineptitude entirely endorsed by elected officials.
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No system of percentage of completion draws, no retainage percentage until final approval of the contract, no deadline penalties????. If all that is true, here is great fodder for Lauren Ritchie and her "investigative column". It is almost criminal not to include and enforce these in construction contracts.
