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# 2026-01-12

## 2026-01-12 10:00

### ECH3 Executed Contract Revision WBS

For Executed Contract Revisions, Bid GP% must be maintained.
In this case a negative variance was added to the buyout budget
in order to compensate for an increase in permit fee coverage.

## 2026-01-12 10:42

### Woodbrook Executed Contract Revision Takeoff Check

#### Unit Dishwasher/Disposal

Drawings show 2 separate duplex receptacles for dishwasher and disposal
Takeoff used `DW & DISPOSAL DUAL CIR - ...`,
which includes only one receptacle.

According to Joel this takeoff is correct for the scenario.

## 2026-01-12 12:23

Travelling with Brian Smarslok and Joel Jansen on [[2026-01-15]]
to visit [[#Woodbury Heights|an awarded project]] in New Jersey.
Flying from TPA to PHL, departure @ 7:00AM.
We'll be meeting with the developer, [Greystar](https://www.greystar.com/).

### Woodbury Heights

```yaml
project-name: GSC Ltd. Woodbury Heights (aka Academy Pointe)
sector: Residential
market-type: Apartment
bldg-type: Garden
construction-method: Wood Frame
construction-type: V
unit-wiring-method: Romex
code-data: NEC2020
mech-system: Split Dx
buildings: 9
floors: 3
units: 234
gross-area: 266,272
area-by-type:
    - exterior-amenity: 12,306
    - interior-amenity: 5,031
    - garage: 3,788
    - saleable: 223,172
division: MA 1
geographic-region: Northeast
metro-area: New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA
municipality-or-ahj: City of Woodbury
power-company: PSE&G
stakeholders:
    - developer: Greystar (HQ - Charleston, SC)
      architect: LS3P Associates Ltd
      electrical-engineer: Hurst Engineering
contract-value: 2,305,000.00
start-date: 2025-05-01
end-date: 2026-08-26
duration: 11 months
```

#### GP Variance

> [!info]
> "GP%" is **margin** (see [[markup-vs-margin]]).

The job appears to be doing poorly, at current GP variance of -$299,356.

About $93,000.00 profit on a $2,391,378 job (~3% margin, down from 16.4% as bid).

Intend to ask Joel what was missed if he knows,
and more generally if he has a strategy for figuring out,
between BPM, The Hub, and however many other places we can look.

I doubt very seriously that mismanagement
can be blamed for any significant portion of variance that extreme.

## 2026-01-12 13:02

**Dry utilities:** utilities other than "wet" utilities (water, sewer, stormwater),
namely power, data, and natural gas.

## 2026-01-12 13:02

Joel attributes the [[#GP Variance|apparent variance]] to
1. missed Polaris lugs for feeders for one building,
2. insufficient budget for equipment rental, and
3. upfront costs already paid (construction is 50% complete).

He also said that operations accused ConEst
of providing insufficient length for subfeeds,
which he said was true,
but not to the extent accused
(only ~600ft missed total).

The award WBS shows $32,382 for equipment rental

I'm dubious of all these explanations,
but I don't have another one.
I can't find the ConEst folder or Accubid file.