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Where's the evidence that contractors will bid below-cost? Even if some do, they'll just go out of business, and the contractors who know how to do basic math w
by dymk 5y ago
Where's the evidence that contractors will bid below-cost? Even if some do, they'll just go out of business, and the contractors who know how to do basic math will live another day.
- notreallyserio 5y agoMeanwhile you end up with a bridge half-built because the cheapest contractor went bust. (I don't know if contractors bid below cost.)
- dymk 5y agoWhich seems like an improvement, given the current failure mode is projects get cancelled after a billion dollars are spent on them anyways. At least it was partially finished.
- namelessoracle 5y agoNo? How often in software do we see a half finished product or product not designed to scale and we have to start over from the beginning to get it where it needs to go? You think this doesnt happen in construction projects too? Half building a bridge that you then need to tear down is awful and should not happen. You are just assuming its possible to finish the rest of the bridge later and that critial parts will be available later and that it being in a half finished state for a period of time doesnt cause major issues to the whole thing.