Contractor Quotations

Taxpayer dollars should not be used as a reward for contractor executives, especially when other segments of society are hurting.

I became a general contractor in my early 20s. I have been in the business for over 35 years

We're getting to the time in the cycle where there are very few contractors, especially at the prime contractor level. And, because of that, they have a significant amount of control over the process,

We bring a unique fusion of medspa and business development expertise to market for our clients, ... In close conjunction with the client, the character, style and ambiance of each medspa are in perfect alignment with the elements of its unique community and target market. Passion for an early success manifests itself in the way we usher the client through the construction phase making sure that the architect, contractor and client work together cohesively.

What we need is a message generation contractor to act in a consultative role, with the ability to give flexible pricing plans. They would be able to negotiate against different carriers.

We're asking for some reasonable limits for going into the Gulf Coast and dealing with unknowns, ... A contractor goes into an unknown situation to remove debris or fix a utility line, and three years from now someone decides they did it improperly.

When the only shot many people have is a good job rebuilding New Orleans, the president intervened to suspend prevailing wage laws so his contractor friends can cut wages for a hard day's work,

So he creates this conflict where I am really trying for safety reasons to placate (him), and at the same time, I am trying as a contractor to go full time. The most pressure goes on when you are doing great things in the workplace.

Mr. Blagojevich has been campaigning at taxpayer expense for months. Now he will have to rely on the state contractor and lobbyist contributions to pay for his efforts.

No one even knew it was happening. We're going to work with the contractor to ensure that it's consistent with the OMB policy.

If we don't have any change orders or time extensions, the project is supposed to be completed by the first of May. We have a very good contractor for this job and we are excited that we are finally kicking this project off.

IBM was the original contractor for much of the computer interface design on the film.

Because of the complexity and difficulty of snow plowing at the high school, the arrangement worked out with the town is we hire a private contractor to do the snow plowing at the high school. It frees up public works to concentrate on the roads and the other five schools.

I find it embarrassing to try and sell stuff, ... and I think I'm quite outgoing by contractor standards.

The purpose of this letter is to express grave concern and raise questions regarding allegations that a textile contractor has been using toxic substances in the production of fabric used by armed forces personnel,

To cut costs, some people might want to go with the cheapest bid but you should never do that. It's best to be right in the middle because the cheapest contractor might have missed something that they'll add back into the price later on, or they might not produce the caliber of work that you'd expect.

It carves out a brief window of opportunity for parties to agree on what the problem is and have the contractor possibly fix it.

I think the respect we had for them (on the island) and the respect they had for us helped us quite a bit when that new contractor came in.

Local search listings typically rely on geography when, in fact, there are several other factors that influence whether or not a particular merchant meets a consumer's criteria. If a consumer searches for a kitchen contractor in LA, he'll have to sort through hundreds of listings. But most of them won't be relevant either because they don't do the kind of work he's looking for or they're not seeking new clients at that moment. Our goal is to connect consumers with relevant businesses that want phone leads. Our refined search results will drive more targeted leads to merchants, who then provide new revenue for Internet publishers.

I'm a private contractor now. I choose my clients, not the other way around.

I was married at the time, and my ex-wife's father was a contractor here in Sevier County. I went to work for him doing odd jobs and drew unemployment for as long as I could and went to class. As far as going without a paycheck, my wife worked and we had some income, but it was a hard time.

When the contractor released bad data when they found out they had done, so they called and told the 8 recipients/requesters that they had that data. All of them agreed they didn't want the data.

We believe this opportunity to become a prime contractor within the military's tactical wheeled-vehicle fleet is extremely compelling.

We're unhappy about it. The contractor failed to meet his schedule.

Using a private contractor and outside advisory team will help expedite the process.

We have not committed to a contractor yet.

The PBR brings out the best of the best in the world. And these are the best bulls. They only take the top 10 bulls out of every stock contractor that haul to this deal.

The contractor will replace light bulbs and lights on both sides of the Edison Bridge. The light bulbs had corrosion being near water and the coding on light bulbs did not hold up well.

The contractor said that he had a small window in order to put it up, so we decided it was the right thing to do,

The contractor is on schedule and the work is 80 percent complete.

We only found out this week that they had awarded the contract and instructed the contractor to start work on Monday. We have been trying to have proper consultation with LMDC. It has been thwarted at every turn.

We conducted this drill to make sure that our spill response contractor is familiar with the route to the installation. I also wanted to get the response team familiar with the procedures of getting onto the post.

We had a contractor join us one year and he brought a truckload of sand for a really huge limbo pit.

We are evolving into a company with multiple platforms for growth. Over time, we expect an increasing penetration of our businesses in the professional contractor space. Consistent with our growth strategy, you shouldn't be surprised when we make strategic acquisitions like National Waterworks.

We got a contractor out there as soon as we found out about it. They worked all afternoon until the problem was under control.

We found the Corps modified the contract, the day after it was awarded, to allow the contractor to substitute a different mix of classrooms than required by the contract, ... We found little evidence that the Corps conducted a complete analysis to determine the impact of the modifications on the contract price.

Be very clear about what you want done. Talk every detail through, and make sure your contractor knows exactly what it is that you want.

Everything seems to be on schedule. We've started the demolition, the pruning and removal of diseased trees, and the contractor is starting the underground utilities and walkway layout.

Assume that all estimates are self-interested and all estimates are too low, ... The government is like a contractor ù whatever it says, triple.

Concerns are what can I do because I can't find a contractor. How do I hang a door? How do I reset my windows? And again, some of these are pretty elementary do-it-yourself skills. They're still skills that under normal circumstances, you would hire a contractor to do. You can't find a contractor so you learn to do it yourself.

Each business owner wanting to take advantage of the program must get three contractor quotes. From there we will meet with the owner and design group to select a contractor for the project.

It was uninhabitable, ... I needed to clean it out so that the contractor could come in. When the students heard that I was going to get a crew to do the cleanup, they volunteered.

A gas official or other certified contractor has to come out and turn the gas back on and light the pilot lights in all the appliances, because that's something that we don't recommend people do on their own,

Now instead of a contractor calling each individual utility, the contractor, when they obtain their permits, will call the Hawaii One Call Center and the One Call Center will send this email complete with diagrams and plots of the area to be excavated.

December is an anomaly. We had an array of trouble. We had contractor problems, where contractors weren't able to clear the tracks in time for rush hour. We had a broken rail, missing third-rail shoes, locomotive engine failures, and then we had the (New York City transit) strike in December. That affected all the lines because of slower boarding and congestions. We had trains stacked.

Decorative concrete is one of the hottest building trends today. The more understanding that a contractor has about what consumers are spending big money on, the more successful they will be. That's why we supply this valuable data to the market.

As a responsible government contractor we will work with the appropriate government agency.

As any bidder, Smith & Johnson was required to secure services of a bonding company in the role of an insurance company. If for whatever reason the contractor is unable to perform, the bonding company steps in and takes over responsibility for the work.

You've got to work with advanced planning on the contractor side to help the influx.

You take a request down - literally, you take a request to the Finance Office. If the Pay Officer recognized your face and you were asking for $450,000 to pay a contractor for work, they would pay you in cash: $450,000. Out of control.

This is a tough response, when you tell a contractor they no longer have the authority to submit work they are contractually required to submit because they are not following procedure.

This is the first agreement that obligates a federal contractor to conduct self-examinations, make across-the-board salary adjustments at every facility and then report its results to the department,

This fall, when Phase Two is ongoing, the contractor will have to accommodate high water any way he chooses.

A lot of people need a lot of money now that Katrina has devastated so many communities. Should it be the taxpayers' first priority to make a contractor at the shipyard whole? Money to Northrop means that it is not going to someone else who might need it.

They had gotten complaints from subcontractors and vendors who were not getting paid in a timely manner. As the complaints became more frequent, it was a sign the contractor was having some serious problems and would be unable to fulfill their obligations. That is when it reached the point to protect the commission's interest and take the steps necessary to get the project finished.

As we watched the work progress, it became clear that this job was more complicated than this one contractor could accomplish.

A board would also have to consider the skill and experience of the contractor and the contractor's ability to complete the work within the time required.

It's a combination of (finding the right contractor for the price and continued fundraising). We're trying to make sure what the architects have designed, and what we want, will come in with the allotted money that we have to make it work. We could always raise some more money to make sure we have a cushion, and we need to do that, but we're moving the process right along and we're on a fast track.

It replaces some of the wearing surface and seals it so water can't get in - water is the enemy of the street. We've already cracksealed the streets - we've found that it works better when we've done that, ... The contractor is doing some patching that we weren't able to get to.

It's not that 90 percent gives us universal authority. Ninety percent gives us the financial ability to hire staff and the contractor to run the program.

It's not that 90 percent gives us universal authority, ... Ninety percent gives us the financial ability to hire staff and the contractor to run the program.

For each day past the May 12 deadline the contractor will be fined $3,000.

For a major hotel, like we did a couple of years ago, it's different because of the scale and size of the building. We have an outside contractor do a building the size of a hotel. The demolition was bigger then the city could handle.

It's not enough to hire a general contractor and say here's a big pile of money, now go to it. Homeowners are generally more satisfied if they're on the site.

The norm will be to work for several employers; on again, off again; as an employee one year, as an independent contractor the next year; 40 hours one week, 20 hours another; on-site this month, telecommuting the next; and so on,

The biggest thing is the architect didn't have a contractor involved on the project from the beginning. That would have made things go by quicker.

I've done my job when all the design decisions have been made and the homeowner feels confident they can either install the landscape themselves or have a contractor do it,

Anyone that wasn't scheduled to work, our contractor has scheduled them to work.

I'm not convinced it's going to happen yet, ... We've been a longtime contractor in the city of Petaluma and we're not folding up our tent yet.

I'm not in favor of allowing a foreign contractor to come in a build a toll road using eminent domain.

In 1992 he started BTC contract services with his partner, Tracy Trivette, and the company is now a national government service contractor in the landscape and security services business,

I have heard so many stories of contractors, and I've met some, too, who worked for Donald Trump, produced the goods and services and never got paid for what they were owed.

The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet understands how important the Goddard Bridge project is to the public. We are working closely with the contractor to ensure this project is a success.

The houses will remain in place until the contractor decides what it wants to do with them.

The homeowner contacted us after she got a business card from a contractor who was soliciting door to door. She had been ripped off prior to the flood, so she was glad to let us use her house.

The first day of school went surprisingly well. The contractor hadn't gotten the no parking signs out, but students weren't parking on Maplewood,

The lots next door have sold for $330,000 and $360,000. But back in 1996 when we bought our place, this cost us just $85,000 and we live on our Social Security. The cost of the condo we were in was going up, and the insurance money was running out. It took us 11 months before we could find someone to demolish the old house, remove the debris, arrange financing, and find a contractor to start construction on our new house.

The value of all things contracted for, is measured by the appetite of the contractors, and therefore the just value is that which they be contented to give.

Contractors always pursue large profit, the customer - a high-quality end product in due time and at a lower cost. This struggle never ends, but this is natural.