paulsharvey
Elite Member
So, one thing you do have to think about, atleast in FLa, and everywhere I've ever been; if you're excavating, you need to enter a dig ticket, with 811. That's not a big deal really, and takes about 15 minutes to enter, and 72 hour wait. Where the issue is, if they come back with a positive response of "must be white lined", that's a trip to white line and another 72 hours, before you ever start the job. Ideally, you would meet with customer, review job/scope of work, agree on a price, and whiteline while on site. I personally am dead set against accepting a job site unseen, and even at an hour total to review the job (drive each way, look at/walk/discuss scope), that's an unbillable hour, that needs to be added to the price per hour of the jobs.
The insurance thing is what made me want to mention that; a simple phone line could very easily run $5k; and it's not out of the question to do a $50k damage if you get into a medium sized ductbank placing a culvert or something.
The insurance thing is what made me want to mention that; a simple phone line could very easily run $5k; and it's not out of the question to do a $50k damage if you get into a medium sized ductbank placing a culvert or something.