Congratulations to william h. Lewis for holding the construction industry to a higher standard. I was surprised at the slant of your article, "South Carolina School District Grades Biddersand Some Fail," which seems to favor the contractors who do not seem to be able to rise to the quality level demanded (ENR 12/16/02 p. 32). I have only to look to the school construction in my hometown to see how inexperienced contractors working with poor plans cost the homeowner more and more. I have only to turn the pages of the same issue of ENR to see how the lack of controls led Los Angeles to its situation with the Belmont Learning Center.