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Mostly a "therapy" post
Mostly needing to vent. But, check this out because I am interested in other perspectives.
(Also, there was a similar post a little while back. More survey oriented, about adding cert’s after the fact (outside of the scope) not too long ago.)
Prospective new client. Engineering only (sorry in advance) as they had engaged another surveyor (I am dual licensed) a couple of years ago for boundary/ topo.
I am a recently up and running, onemanshow and I know they are talking to another engineer.
Client in a nutshell: here’s what we want. how much?
In my locale, we can do all our design and permitting and let the client go to construction. Obviously, there is a fee for this.
But for water, sewer, stormwater, the job isn’t really done until sealed, post-construction certifications of compliance are provided to the regulators.
So, I can scope it/ price it without including cert’s and I loook nice and affordable. Then, fight it out afterward for additional dollars on the certs.
Or, I can fully scope it/ price it and lose the job because other offices will leave these items out, appearing more affordable.
I need work. But, I chose not to go the incomplete route.
Not sure what I’m looking for from the forum… as I said, just kinda need to voice it.
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