What are you seeing around you?

**James** · #1 (**permalink**) 06-22-2009, 07:49 AM

Are you seeing other companies hiring? are you hiring? What about the projects out there? Are the pre-bids still packed with bidders?

paul471 · #2 (**permalink**) 06-22-2009, 02:48 PM

Here in central jersey i dont know of anyone hiring .Very few sets of plans coming in if any. There is federal work and state work out there ,but the demo work is going for less than cost in my opinoin. The phone started ringing for small jobs a little more in the last two weeks but nothing to get excited about.

**James** · #3 (**permalink**) 06-25-2009, 09:14 AM

A few people I heard from said they are actually seeing some improvement, but most are on the west coast, where I think it still has hit us fully yet.

cutter67 · #4 (**permalink**) 06-29-2009, 05:49 AM

work is going cheap cheap cheap

wrecker1969 · #5 (**permalink**) 07-01-2009, 06:31 AM

The site walks have been crowded. Work is definetly going for less than cost. We bid a job the other day, that went for the cost of labor. The job was prevailing wage, so I know we were all on the same page. The equipment and disposal was hefty, but it still went for the labor cost. Ridculous.

cutter67 · #6 (**permalink**) 07-05-2009, 02:58 PM

Here is one from Fla. we bid last week it was estiminated at $200,000.00

BID TALLY
BID #RFB 2009-2254
DEMOLITION OF MARTIN DOWNS WATER TREATMENT PLANT
BID OPENING: JULY 2, 2009 TIME: 2:00
BIDDER TOTAL BID
KST Construction Inc $94,100.00
Palm Beach Building Group $149,000.00
Cross Construction Services Inc $185,500.00
Chaz Equipment $244,800.00
Farache Enterprise $148,000.00
Capital Construction Services $168,000.00
Cross Environmental Services $123,800.00
Samsula Waste $77,686.00
DH Griffin Wrecking Co Inc $98,125.54
Paw Materials Inc $55,916.00
CTS $222,791.00 This was our bid
The B G Group $99,400.00
OSH Environmental $65,000.00
Brownie Contracting Unlimited Inc $88,750.00
Florida Design Contractors $214,873.00
Bidders: _15____ Potential Bidders Notified: _947___ Number of Plan Holders: __61__

paul471 · #7 (**permalink**) 07-06-2009, 10:17 AM

Did they award the bid to the low bidder?

Wolf · #8 (**permalink**) 07-06-2009, 06:31 PM

Griffin is so low. That is surprising.

cutter67 · #9 (**permalink**) 07-07-2009, 03:59 AM

I don't know if they are going to award to low bidder or not. and to tell you the truth I don't care. I told everyone i thought the job would go for $175,000.00. I never expected bids below a $100,000.00. We are only doing 15 Treatment Plants right now if this would have been bid a year ago we would have been in the hunt.

**James** · #10 (**permalink**) 07-07-2009, 10:40 AM

Very interesting spread, I'm seen some crazy bids around here, but noting like a spread like this.