Navigating the Reality of Plan and Spec Jobs
If you've spent any time in the construction or mechanical world, you already know that a plan and spec project is pretty much the bread and butter of how things get built. It's the traditional way of doing business—the engineer draws it up, the architect approves it, and the contractors scramble to put a price on it. It sounds straightforward on paper, but anyone who has actually been in the trenches knows that the gap between what's on those blueprints and what actually happens on the job site can be massive. ...