Salt Lake Telegram | 1930-01-26 | Page 17 | Contractors to Guard Against Inferior Work

J R 1 A AI 1 l W RK Outline Methods of Wei Weighing g hin g Bidders Bidders' Performances Industry tho the public and reputable reputable able general and public works contractors contractors contractors con con- tractors will be bo protected a l bidders for construction work wont whose those previous lous performance has been beat unreliable un- un reliable if ft plans plaits adopted by tho the Associated G General Contractors of or America at their recent conference In New Orleans Hi Ut aro ago carried out according to officials of the tiro organization Methods 1 of weighing bidders bidders' performances per per- based ou oft the quality of or previous pre work whereby wasteful and inefficient contracting firms would bo listed in tho the same samo category category category cate cate- gory with those guilty of or unfair practices and fraud raud were eloe detailed to tho rho 1000 delegates of oP tho tiro con cott- convention according to word received here REPORT PROGRESS Essential progress was reported in th the association campaign to educate public officials an and industrial indus trial executives executes es to give lve Ive weight lothe to lo the ability of ot com competing bidders for Cor or contracts to carry out out- the work as aswell aswell aswell well as to tho the money bid for or the Job Dl Delegates were t ero told that bills to toc c establish standards b by which the efficiency o of con contractors tractors can bo measured in advance advance ad all- vance ance ha have 0 been introduced for fur tho rho consideration o of a a. number of or state stale to J legislatures An increasing number of st style state te highway departments reported to Lo have hate a adopted the plan during the past year eal and have joined with the tho United States bureau of oC public roads and tho the states slates of uC Wisconsin Tennessee Io Iown a California Kansas Ian Kan- sas sea Missouri and Georgia in insist insisting ing lug on tho the bidders bidders' compliance toll with thin contract provision ADD REQUIREMENT Also the assembled us contractors u were oro told toM that a number of ot municipalities muni in Oklahoma Louisiana Penn New York Fork and Now Nw Jersey have havo added this requirement to tu their standard bid contracts contract Tho Philadelphia court of common common common com com- mon picas pleas after a a. thorough Inquiry Into the subject commended the procedure J as us being in tho rho public interest and handed dot down n a l sweepIng sweep sweep- log Ing decision that contractors contractors' pro pre qualification standards rd au aut thorl c under basic laws