I've been kicking around in the construction
business for thirty five years,
give or take a year or so, and what I'm seeing
frankly makes me want to Ralph.
We build stuff. We give people a place to be, to
work. to live, to sleep.
We keep the rain out, the heat or cool in, we light
it up at night, and we
give them something nice to look at in most cases,
and what happens?
They cheat.
And there's a lot of people out there who help
them.
First, the license boards are there to take your
money, and if you get
a complaint, then they try to take your
license.
Then, there's the legal system. Unless you've got
ten grand or better,
you don't stand a chance going after your
money.
I could go on and on, but I won't.
does, why I came up with it, how it can not only
help you, but also how it can help the trade.
by putting out the word about anybody in the trade
who doesn't work or hire work honestly...
mainly it's clients, but it could be an architect,
an engineer (my personal pain in the neck right now),
an unreasonable inspector, a supplier who lies
about delivery times (Fleetwood Doors, another pain
in the neck), anybody who causes you
grief.
Log on and ask me questions. I'll explain it and
answer questions.
It's a pretty neat website, and there are ways you
can use it to get your money
and your reputation
back.
It's being said that business is down, that the economy is slowing down.
To the contractor who has a project moving, the economy's not bad, but what about
the next job?
Do you know the client? Do you know if he pays....is litigious, is a general
pain in the neck?How are you going to find out?
One bad client in a recession can put you out of commission
for a year.
Check him out on thecontractorsside.com.
Maybe you just did a project for a difficult client, and you wouldn't take
more work for him on a bet. Would you wish this guy on your worst enemy?
Probably not, but if you don't put the word out on thecontractorsside.com
the next contractor in line is going to suffer because you didn't warn him or her.
This is taking care of business, your business.
Sign up, report, and make the construction business better than it was when you
got here.
Maybe it isn't a client, maybe it's a demanding architect, an engineer who pumps the
price. What about a supplier who's late? What about a company who habitually shorts
or backorders?
What if it's a sub or general who late pays?
Cleaning up this business begins with you.
thecontractorsside.com is not about putting people out of business or poisoning the well,
it's about constructive criticism, a kind of consumer alert for the construction trade.
You want the business to get better? Then, make it better yourself.
Log on to thecontractorsside.com, and get the word out.
The client or person or company you post may not thank you, but other contractors
will.
