25/09/2026
Every contractor has one job they don't talk about.
The change order a super approved verbally and then left the company. The compressor that died the week of the rough-in. The job bid at 22% that closed at 4%, and you still couldn't say exactly where it went.
Everybody's got one. Almost nobody talks about it, which is why the newer guys keep learning it the hard way.
We're paying for them instead.
Tell us the worst margin miss of your career.
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