BREAKING NEWS: ANOTHER UNPAID UMES CONTRACTOR COMES FORWARD
I am another contractor on this project that has NOT been paid on this job. UMES - no response, Funding groups - no response, State of Maryland - no response. I am however talking to the bonding company and hold no hope they will do the right thing.
It is amazing how all the state agencies involved and the allow the General Contractor ( Nason Construction ) on this project screw sooo many subcontractors for their gain. I am owed over $515,000.00 ( That's not a typo ) I am made look like the deadbeat with my suppliers because I cant pay on time this is the reason!!!
This General just failed paying most of his subs on Crisfield Library last year ( I wish I had known) and again on a Seaford project.
The beef is with the bonding company and the Miller Act ensures that you will get paid. Not to tell you your business but if you have the bonding number and you followed the requirements there is 0% change you will get stiffed.
Nason has a looooong track record of not paying contractors and supplier's but some how they can bid on and be awarded government contracts birds of a feather.......
People still work for these people sometimes get what you ask for.they make it sound good in the beginning.they where like 1 million cheaper than the next guy.call there bonding co and don't give in the owe u 100% if the work is acceptable to umes.Nason is a crook and they will continue to be if people work for them.
People still work for these people sometimes get what you ask for.they make it sound good in the beginning.they where like 1 million cheaper than the next guy.call there bonding co and don't give in the owe u 100% if the work is acceptable to umes.Nason is a crook and they will continue to be if people work for them.
I can tell you - firsthand - as a former general manager for several multi-million dollar governmental projects - my advise to anyone considering to bid on any governmental construction project - STAY-A-WAY!!!(emphasis added). Don't bite.
The company I was affiliated with for the construction jobs I was assigned to - had an average monthly contractor payment disbursement billing of $1,000,000. My co-manager and job superintendent often said to me behind closed doors that they would never ever bid or participate on a government construction job because of the onerous regulatory environment. Basically - the contract specifications are so 'weighed' to the advantage of the owner, that any deviation - whether intentional or not - is grounds for non-payment.
That - coupled with liquidated damage penalties (project delays) in amounts anywhere from $3,000 to 5,000 per day - that's right you heard me right - can literally financially wipe out even the best credit worthy contractor.
I can tell you story after story of subs who could hardly afford to buy gas to get to the job - and in the end the bonding company had to be dragged-in - and ultimately many of the subs had to file bankruptcy. Litigation - nightmare to say the least.
6:52 - Touche. I agree completely with your overall assessment. My partner and I often say to each other, if they want the project built bad enough, let the SOBs build it themselves. Or as my daddy use to tell me -
'Son if you are going to starve, then lay down and starve, but don't starve working'
I am a contractor and looking back I wasted more time bidding only to see the job awarded to a bid that was .50 cents less. No more, I agree with the above poster that said; let the SOBs build it themselves.
Nason should not be issued their final payment on a state or federal project without providing a release of lien from each subcontractor. If they have forged federal or state documents that is an entirely different crime and individually punishable. I would ask the state that these documents be provided. File a FOI request. The releases are required to be notarized. If they were forged the notary is liable too.
Government contracting whereby firms submit bids, those days are over. I don't know if you were aware, but by the government's own set of rules;
'Work cannot be expended in the performance on any government contracted job unless the individual is compensated according to the standard government rate schedule (Davis Bacon Act). '
Guess what contractors, that includes bidding. That's right - government bidding is performing government work - even for those who expended services for bidding the jobs and may not have been awarded the contract. For all of those estimates that you have been bidding - you were entitled to compensation. How did all of this arise - because on many occasions once the government received the bids - they would not go forward with the job because many times it exceeded their cost estimates - or their contracting authority. Therefore - they would then use the un-awarded project bids as a new basis for their revised cost estimating. In essence they used YOU - THE CONTRACTOR. The abuse is still going on today, and many times it is unchallenged or the subcontractors aren't retaliating by filing complaints.
I'm going to tell you something about the so-called 'Shovel Ready' construction projects. It is going to be very hard for Trump to 'jump start' the economy based on 'Shovel Ready' construction projects because most reputable contractors have learned the hard way - to refrain from wasting their time to even bid on them.
Our firm's time is much better spent on other aspects. One might say that Government Projects have developed a 'REPUTATION' if you know what I mean.
Itz all good. Dey on C.P. time.
ReplyDeleteSounds like the beef is with Nasan the general contractor, not the state?
ReplyDeleteThe beef is with the bonding company and the Miller Act ensures that you will get paid. Not to tell you your business but if you have the bonding number and you followed the requirements there is 0% change you will get stiffed.
ReplyDeleteNason has a looooong track record of not paying contractors and supplier's but some how they can bid on and be awarded government contracts birds of a feather.......
ReplyDeleteLike ole Temco
ReplyDelete4:52 LOL that's right we all know who the dead beats are
ReplyDelete4:52 right on,LOL!
ReplyDeletePeople still work for these people sometimes get what you ask for.they make it sound good in the beginning.they where like 1 million cheaper than the next guy.call there bonding co and don't give in the owe u 100% if the work is acceptable to umes.Nason is a crook and they will continue to be if people work for them.
ReplyDeletePeople still work for these people sometimes get what you ask for.they make it sound good in the beginning.they where like 1 million cheaper than the next guy.call there bonding co and don't give in the owe u 100% if the work is acceptable to umes.Nason is a crook and they will continue to be if people work for them.
ReplyDeleteWell said 5:16-5:17
ReplyDeleteI can tell you - firsthand - as a former general manager for several multi-million dollar governmental projects - my advise to anyone considering to bid on any governmental construction project - STAY-A-WAY!!!(emphasis added). Don't bite.
ReplyDeleteThe company I was affiliated with for the construction jobs I was assigned to - had an average monthly contractor payment disbursement billing of $1,000,000. My co-manager and job superintendent often said to me behind closed doors that they would never ever bid or participate on a government construction job because of the onerous regulatory environment. Basically - the contract specifications are so 'weighed' to the advantage of the owner, that any deviation - whether intentional or not - is grounds for non-payment.
That - coupled with liquidated damage penalties (project delays) in amounts anywhere from $3,000 to 5,000 per day - that's right you heard me right - can literally financially wipe out even the best credit worthy contractor.
I can tell you story after story of subs who could hardly afford to buy gas to get to the job - and in the end the bonding company had to be dragged-in - and ultimately many of the subs had to file bankruptcy. Litigation - nightmare to say the least.
6:52 - Touche. I agree completely with your overall assessment. My partner and I often say to each other, if they want the project built bad enough, let the SOBs build it themselves. Or as my daddy use to tell me -
ReplyDelete'Son if you are going to starve, then lay down and starve, but don't starve working'
Temco was that Jeffy's failure ?
ReplyDeleteI am a contractor and looking back I wasted more time bidding only to see the job awarded to a bid that was .50 cents less. No more, I agree with the above poster that said; let the SOBs build it themselves.
ReplyDeleteIs Temco still in business?
ReplyDeleteNason should not be issued their final payment on a state or federal project without providing a release of lien from each subcontractor. If they have forged federal or state documents that is an entirely different crime and individually punishable. I would ask the state that these documents be provided. File a FOI request. The releases are required to be notarized. If they were forged the notary is liable too.
ReplyDeleteSo how is this the school fault? Just wondering. Sounds to me like its the contractor that owes.
ReplyDeletethere should be some kind of bond... look into that...
ReplyDeleteMust be retainage also.
ReplyDelete6:52 - Thanks for your posting! I hope every sub out there is reading your commentary assessment.
ReplyDeleteGovernment contracting whereby firms submit bids, those days are over. I don't know if you were aware, but by the government's own set of rules;
ReplyDelete'Work cannot be expended in the performance on any government contracted job unless the individual is compensated according to the standard government rate schedule (Davis Bacon Act). '
Guess what contractors, that includes bidding. That's right - government bidding is performing government work - even for those who expended services for bidding the jobs and may not have been awarded the contract. For all of those estimates that you have been bidding - you were entitled to compensation. How did all of this arise - because on many occasions once the government received the bids - they would not go forward with the job because many times it exceeded their cost estimates - or their contracting authority. Therefore - they would then use the un-awarded project bids as a new basis for their revised cost estimating. In essence they used YOU - THE CONTRACTOR. The abuse is still going on today, and many times it is unchallenged or the subcontractors aren't retaliating by filing complaints.
I'm going to tell you something about the so-called 'Shovel Ready' construction projects. It is going to be very hard for Trump to 'jump start' the economy based on 'Shovel Ready' construction projects because most reputable contractors have learned the hard way - to refrain from wasting their time to even bid on them.
ReplyDeleteOur firm's time is much better spent on other aspects. One might say that Government Projects have developed a 'REPUTATION' if you know what I mean.