12-02-2015, 08:51 PM
(12-02-2015, 07:17 PM)rangersfan Wrote: Is this additional expense outside the cost of the LRT project?
if the City and Aecon met and set pricing in December 2014, was none of this written down and specified in a contract? If not this seems like a very silly way to get work done.
Whenever I hire a contractor I get multiple quotes, compare, select what I see as the best option. I pay for a portion of the agreed upon cost up front based on a contract, and then I pay the balance when the work is completed.
Yes, but ... in this case the exact work to be done up front was not well known (because no one knew what was actually in the ground), so at least part of it would need to be time and materials rather than a fixed-price contract.