Plan well. Not because it’s cheap—but because the alternative is a debt you cannot invoice.
Elena had argued. “Marcus, Broken Creek has shale underneath. If we hit unexpected hardness, our drilling costs triple.” planningpme cost
Elena smiled. She reached into her bag and pulled out a faded sticky note. Plan well
When the county awarded her firm the contract to rebuild the old Jasper Bridge, she’d smiled. Easy money , she’d thought. The budget was $2.4 million. Timeline: ten months. “Marcus, Broken Creek has shale underneath
“The county is sending an auditor tomorrow,” she said. “They’re going to ask why we didn’t do the geotech survey. Why we skimped on drainage. Why we bought substandard rebar.”
The geology report—the one they hadn’t bought—would have shown a vein of quartzite running diagonally under the north abutment. Instead, the crew spent six days hammering through rock that should have taken two. Drill bits: $14,000 over budget. Fuel: $5,000. Overtime: $11,000.