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Sure, but I'll bet this contractor came in with a bid half what the other ones were asking.

City mistake unacceptable, cement excuse is somewhat legit.

Why are we exporting cement to the World's largest producer of Cement? I can't find anywhere on the net where all this cement is actually going to. Concrete producers have been saying that China has been paying triple the amount for it.

Hey all, bummer on the contractor issues, but the cement shortage is definitely a legit and major issue.

For Ty: We are not exporting cement (except maybe Canada for Northern mills), in fact we are a huge net importer of Cement, importing about 23% nationally and 40% here in Florida. There is plenty of cement worldwide, just no way to get it here. China isn't importing cement, as they are the world's largest manufacturer of it, but they are tying up all of the shipping in the far east hauling other construction materials. It just makes sense for the Ship owners to make 2 or 3 trips between Asian ports rather than 1 trip to the US.

oh Well , life goes on !

A major factor in this problem is the urealistic expectations given to the contractors by the customers. Construction is not realative to the speed of a computer. As computers and life has been speeding up to an unhealty pace, construction is still accomplished very much today as it was 30 years ago. Construction is very labor intensive and youcan only push people so far. Customers msut get real as to what can be acceptable and allow good construction to take its time; just like a great merlot.