Ron Taylor
Newbie
When I had my wife's shop built, I gave the builder the foundation specs from the metal building company and told him that's how I wanted it - cracking foundations is a problem around here. I also filed the specs with my permit request. The day of the foundation pour I was at work and got an angry call from the builder because he had to dig the footings wider at the last minute. The permit inspector had shown up and noticed the builder was "doing it his way" instead of what was spec'd. Read your contract and follow it. Don't bid to do the work it you aren't prepared to follow it. Note that I work in the aircraft industry where strict contract compliance a very important thing, so your industry might operate differently.
Ever hear the story about how Van Halen had a crazy line buried in their contract that the venue had to provide a bowl of M&Ms with all the green M&Ms picked out? They did that for a quick visual of contract compliance. If the venue had that bowl of M&Ms, they knew the venue was professionally run with attention to detail. If the bowl of M&Ms wasn't there, they knew it was going to be a $#!+show.
I think the color difference is a case of a GM bureaucrat saying, "Eh, we could just use this color code again. Nobody will know the difference."
some contractors are very skilled at finding ways to justify change orders ....
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