Contractors Stake Out Needs To Owners and Engineers
The Engineers’ Society of Western Pennsylvania, the IBC organizers, hoped to attract more contractors and introduced new sessions specifically with that purpose. At one session, the contractor panel repeatedly urged there be no more than three teams on prequalified short lists, to encourage contractor innovation, allocate reasonable risk and solicit one-on-one meetings. “We won’t likely bid on a job if there are more than three teams shortlisted,” said Robert H. Luffy, president and chief operating officer of American Bridge Co., Coraopolis, Pa.