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Job Bidding

Job Bidding

When I was seventeen, I had the chance to work at a job that forever changed my life. I was working for a company in Connecticut called Electrical Contractors Incorporated (ECI) and this job gave me a thorough sense of what the construction world had in store for me. I had a key part in setting up a bid package for the electrical installation for the new UMASS recreation building where I had to do the takeoff, pricing, and go to the bidding meeting for the job. This role of completing these three tasks taught me I was ready for a leadership role in Construction Management.
The first step was to do the takeoff on the blueprints for the electrical setup on the building. As soon as my boss had permission to bid on the job and the blueprints made their way through the door, he thought it would work out the best for the rookie (me) to work on it. Of course, I was going to need some guidance so I worked alongside the soon-to-be general manager, Mark, for the job. When I......


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