Do you charge more for commercial work

[Ty Korrigan]

Avoid working for the nobility too, worse payers than commercial clients...

Ty

[hamdogg]

I heard at the weekend that a local council to me was tendering out work to four contractors and they were going with the middle quote! I think that's an ideal way to do it!

[simonm]

I have just being told by a construction firm that £500 a day for 2 men tracked chipper tools 8 hours on site is too much! Wtf

[hamdogg]

I have just being told by a construction firm that £500 a day for 2 men tracked chipper tools 8 hours on site is too much! Wtf

 

 

Id say more like £700 for a big commercial company!

[Hodge]

I have just being told by a construction firm that £500 a day for 2 men tracked chipper tools 8 hours on site is too much! Wtf

 

 

I'd tell them to bog off and wake the fork up!! Aholes!!

[Scott Walker]

I'd tell them to bog off and wake the fork up!! Aholes!!

 

[simonm]

Apparently £4500 for 3 men 5 days site clearance, everything chipped up some climbing as trees are in bt lines, all timber off site and drove a 12 mile 1 way trip. Around 9 trips at best & haulage for our little tractor is also too much! another firm quoted half that they recon! being told i need to evaluate my costings!

Are we really pricing above everyone else?

[Hodge]

Apparently £4500 for 3 men 5 days site clearance, everything chipped up some climbing as trees are in bt lines, all timber off site and drove a 12 mile 1 way trip. Around 9 trips at best & haulage for our little tractor is also too much! another firm quoted half that they recon! being told i need to evaluate my costings!

Are we really pricing above everyone else?

 

 

Without seeing the job I who knows I would but based on what you say I would be at about £3500 -£4 k plus VAT.

[benedmonds]

I heard at the weekend that a local council to me was tendering out work to four contractors and they were going with the middle quote! I think that's an ideal way to do it!

 

I am all for best value, but that isn't always the cheapest and definitely NOT the average.....

 

If I can do a job cheaper because I have better kit am more skilled etc why should the council be wasting money on someone not as efficient.. We recently felled 13 big poplars for a council, we had a digger, tractors and trailers and did the job in about 5 days, did it safely and efficiently. Another contractor couldn't believe we managed it such a time and would therefore quoted loads more.

 

At the other times we've not won works as we were more expensive and the contractors doing them did them to a a low standard. In this instance the best value for the council would have been to spend more.

 

Unfortunately there is no easy solution..

[simonm]

I think that's part of our problem not having all the kit to do a job as quick as others can.

 

I am all for best value, but that isn't always the cheapest and definitely NOT the average.....

 

If I can do a job cheaper because I have better kit am more skilled etc why should the council be wasting money on someone not as efficient.. We recently felled 13 big poplars for a council, we had a digger, tractors and trailers and did the job in about 5 days, did it safely and efficiently. Another contractor couldn't believe we managed it such a time and would therefore quoted loads more.

 

At the other times we've not won works as we were more expensive and the contractors doing them did them to a a low standard. In this instance the best value for the council would have been to spend more.

 

Unfortunately there is no easy solution..