this was to at least some degree my starting point. I am somewhat down the road now with each contactor.
I am getting a tiny consensus that I need to break it up in the timeline due to scarcity of willing and qualified licensed contractors to one active contract at a time, along with renting a cyclone fence for the intervening interval.
the way I see it is that while it sounds unwieldy, it is the least risky approach.
last night I watched a reality tv program on big engineering jobs. it was the 6th street bridge in los angeles. each subcontractor apparently came to the construction site and did his job like clockwork.
the main difference between them and me (that I perceive now) is that they have a big budget with many willing contractor bidders, and I have a smaller budget.
so (apparently, unless someone comes up with something quickly) I can’t just do monkey see monkey do at the contract level like the big guys (eg city of los angeles or Caltrans or whoever) because I can’t find good specialty contractors and I don’t have a budget or financial muscle to attract contractors to my smaller job (even though it might seem like a substantially sized job to me).
thanks for your input.
You bet.
Your goal could be the first part of a contract with the also-suggested (by another Freeper) contractor Statement of Work/Contract document, after you review it, specified as an attachment in a sentence at the end of your goal statement, such as “Contractor agrees to perform work to meet this requirement in accordance with Attachment A.” It must be understood that Contractor believes in good faith that Attachment A will meet your goal.