>and when they couldn't make up for lowball bids using change orders, they went out of business. Yeah. Unfortunately, this also adds to the cost of projects ma

>and when they couldn't make up for lowball bids using change orders, they went out of business. Yeah. Unfortunately, this also adds to the cost of projects massively. One of the reasons I like the practice of throwing out the lowest and the highest bids. That method doesn't work in every scenario, but when you have enough firms competing it can really protect the owner, as well as the winning contractor. I used to drive in the Boston area in 95-98 and dealt with the Big Dig daily for years. Shudder.