Trade-by-trade breakdowns, honest math on LA multifamily and single-family work, and the numbers the bid sheets don't show you. Every figure comes from an actual job.
By David Safai · Editor & Publisher · Ongoing series
A line-by-line on copper versus PEX on a 1,400-square-foot Westside single-family job. What subs actually quoted. What got missed in the bid. Why the final invoice came in 14% above the estimate — and what that gap reveals about the current LA plumbing market.
A 200A service upgrade in a 1960s Mid-City fourplex. What LADWP's queue adds to the schedule, why the permit almost always costs more than the panel, and the three hidden line items nobody quotes you at bid time.
Pipe bursting versus open-cut on a 60-foot residential lateral in the Westside. The bid that sold us on trenchless, the invoice that complicated the story, and what to expect when the scope changes mid-dig.