Bidding Job

IHI55j

Due to the times it is harder and harder to find work,we are starting to bid on larger jobs to keep busy. What have you guys found is the best way to find jobs to bid on. Thanks for any help

denick

Hello IHI,

Glad to have you join the site. What type of excavating do you do?
Check this thread for what you were looking for.

www.contractortalk.com/f62/finding-work-51307/

Please join in our conversation often

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Nick

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IHI55j

Thank you for the link! we do everything from residential water and sewers to commercial water and sewers and foundations and pretty much anything that pays at times like these its been slow.

denick

Hi IHI,

The thing that I have always done is go out and talk to people. Stop in at any place that might be able to use your services and say hello.

My short list is plumbers, electricians, well drillers, masons, pool companies. Cable, electric, gas and telephone companies. Any industrial company with a large building area.

This is not easy for me as don't like to talk to people I don't know.

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Nick

"Every day I remind myself that my inner and outer life are based on the labors of other men, living and dead, and that I must exert myself in order to give in the same measure as I have received and am still receiving" Albert Einstein

MACEXCAVATING

I am the same way, but, once I break the ice with someone, then I can talk their leg off. Heck, I could have a conversation with a post. lol. Just one of my weird idiosyncrasies. One thing I have been doing is getting permit info off the computer from building department and then visiting the sites and meeting new contacts that way.

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Blas

I can relate to this. I am a complete introvert. Until I get to know somebody. I am just down right no good at small talk. It's a damn good thing I can add and subtract

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tgeb

Welcome IHI, I can't add much to the advice above, most of my work is by "word of mouth" advertising.

I too am not fond of "breaking the ice" so to speak, but I have barged into many site trailers to drop of cards and introduce my self/company. I never know if when I walk out the door......will they throw my business card in the trash, or give me a call in a few weeks.

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