Fast and cheap or slow and expensive? Yellowstone, you decide.
Yellowstone County Commissioners opened bids last week to demolish the DHL building on the space that will soon provide parking for Yellowstone County employees. The bids were surprising (though possibly not to regular readers of Demolition News) in their range from a high of $129,501 to a low of $39,748.
According to the Laurel Outlook article, the low bid was submitted by H. L. Ostermiller Construction, who committed to having the project demolition completed in 30 days. The high bid was received from C & S Construction, Billings, who committed to a 60-day completion date. Other bids were from Winkler Contractors, Roundup, for $57,495, 30 days; and Matriarch Construction, Laurel, $91,450, 45 days.
Now can I ask an idiot question here?
If speedy completion of a demolition project is a factor, more manpower and machinery is normally employed to get that job done more quickly, all of which costs money, right? So how is the lowest bid also the one with the shortest proposed contract duration?
Answers on a postcard (or in the comments area below) please.
