Today marked the completion of a big project (a contract bid price of 25 million dollars). My second Co-Op partner, Ryan, and I calculated the estimated value of concrete needed to build a wastewater treatment pump facility. Overall, the day was similar to the one past but the actual calculations for this material is much more complex. The masonry determined earlier today came out to a price of $2.36 million so the room for profit was slim unless the concrete could be found at a cheap price from subcontractors.
After we completed the concrete required per square foot, we checked on a bid website to find out which companies could supply concrete at the price we want. This process lasted us about 90 minutes because of the extent of detail needed to explain the specifics of each type of concrete, the needed preparation and storage, etc. As seen in the photo below, the application ProContractor took up most of our day.
