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Patti Blevins Case Summary

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Patti Blevins is the project manager of RGN Construction company. RGN is General Contractor, which was started in 2000, serving Western Washington. They do about fifty percent commercial projects and tenant improvements and 50% residential new construction and remodel. They have an extremely tight schedule for the current commercial works in Queen Anne, Madison Park and Bellevue. They also have residential work going in Kirkland, Issaquah, Kayak Point, Camano Island and Seattle.

Our first topic is contract issues. From my designer interview, the complex contract type like AIA contract is not always used between owner and designer for the complication. Similarly, in the construction industry, she said that Comparing to the simple proposal or planning, although AIA standard contract document is comprehensive and historical …show more content…

Comparing to my designer interview again, there is an extremely important element comes in —— SAFETY. Patti said, we may accept low profit or scheduling mistakes but never safety problems. She explained that safety problem could be imagined like a long-term liability, which would not only negatively affect labors themselves but the company’s reputation. She introduced me that there is a official factor called EMR (Experience-Modification Rating), which is based on the amount of claims made by a contractor’s employees and goes back four years. Normally, if a company’s EMR is less than 1, which means it has a good safety record. This factor will also influence labor burden, therefore, it will affects labor cost. During the bidding process, a lower labor cost is an important element of total bidding price, which can determine how competitive a company is. Another method they always use to make them competitive is that in every part of the project, they will chose at least three subcontractors and let them compete each other, therefore, make an entirely ideal

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