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Default Concrete labor costs in your area

On Mar 29, 11:31 pm, "Steve B" wrote:
What does it cost in your area to have a concrete crew come in and form,
pour and finish concrete for a slab for a shop? I'd pay for the concrete,
and rebar. Just a per square foot price for the labor?


So you want to work as a purchasing agent for the contractor and
pocket the "savings"?

Good luck with that. Who will warrant the work if the job is done
improperly? Should there be an issue down the road the contractor
will blame your concrete and the concrete supplier will blame your
contractor and you'll all end up with lawyers and you'll still have a
****ty slab, with a building on it.

Which contractor will be willing to accept such an arrangement? The
good companies will be busy pouring for clients who give them the
whole job, the crappy ones with bad reputations who are "judgment
proof" and scrambling for work will be your most likely source.

If you want to save money, go the other way. The phrase "sweat
equity" accurately contains the word "sweat".

A "slab" is a "foundation", probably not the building phase where
construction savings should be maximized.
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