Utah the latest to join US’ unofficial low bid campaign.
The low level of bids emanating from the US demolition industry has now been so much a part of the Demolition News landscape that it has started to feel like a smelly, hand-me-down, threadbare armchair that just sits in the corner to act as a constant reminder of just how far we’ve fallen from the heady heights of 2006/07.
Smelly and uncomfortable though it may be, it’s time for us to sit in this hideous furniture throwback and bring you news of the latest round of low bids, this time in Utah.
Buildings are coming down as part of Washington County’s journey toward the creation of a new justice center. And with bids on the various stages of planning and construction coming in dramatically lower than expected, county officials are looking forward to some serious savings.
Though original estimates had the price tag for the demolition work at more than $100,000, the Washington County Commission approved a contract with JP Excavating Inc. Tuesday for a little more than $40,000. That work included the removal of a handful of older houses east of the courthouse – the future location of the justice center.
“I think people are out there trying to find work to keep themselves busy,” Commissioner Dennis Drake said of the economic climate and the plethora of hungry contractors. “Even sometimes at lower than their costs.”
If you can bring yourselves to read more, please click here. As for us, we’re off to the tip to rid ourselves of this nasty old armchair once and for all.
