Welcome to the forum. What kind of demo do you do?

We try to stick to complete residential / commercial type projects. We are currently developing a Selective - Interior demolition clientel.

I thought I would move the poll to another area to be more visable.

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I believe there are pros and cons relevant to Minority Participation! I have seen minorities charge higher rates for their portion of work knowing they HAVE to be used in certain Federal and State funded projects. I believe certain opportunities should be afforded to Minorities.
I believe select projects should be set-aside for competitive bidding, as some are.
It may best serve meeting Minority goals by negotiating fixed rates prior to letting a project for bid. Make those rates part of the bid package to negate monopolistic bidding tactics.
This could simplify the search and pray portion of many projects!

Great Post Blast.

I agree with what you have said.

Up here in Washington State, since to pass of I-200 a few years ago, most state funded projects require only "voluntary" requirements.

I remember biding on a large saw-cutting project, almost 10 miles of cutting, it was a federally funded project and the requirements were in place. A firm that had very little experience in saw-cutting were almost double of all 3 bids received and they made it known that it was because they were a minority owned and they were planning on getting the job at that price. There was very little work for other trades and the saw-cutting was more than half of the work to be done and was most of the contracted price, so they figured they could manipulate the system.

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So Joe, what do you think?

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