b"PRESIDENT'S LETTER Itwasincredible,knowingthisknow who will get the job, but I workwasbasicallynewintilewas led to believe it will not be terms.Ithadbeencompletedus. We are too high. I am not really just months ago. Accordingimpugningtheotherbidders.I to those in the know, the installa- havenoideawhowilldothis tion had problems almost as soonworkortheirabilitytoexecute asitgotstarted.Whoistosaythe work. who is to blame? There are usu- This truly is not a spilled milk ally plenty of fingers to point andstory(well,notcompletely). no one is without some respon- Sometimesyouhavetowalk sibility.Idohavetoadmitthataway. Perhaps for me this is just there was a little I told you sogood therapy. Sometimes you are devil on my shoulder, however.walkingawayfromthebestjob I took a trip to see the work inyou never had. In this case, I am place. I wanted to see the site andlookingforwardtovisitingthis figureoutsomelogistics.Okay,job in several months after they thats not really true. Really it wasgetitgoing.Ihaveafeelingit to see what the heck was so badmay be the best job I never had that they wanted to remove it all TWICE.after a couple of years. Was this something we could/should try to participate in AGAIN? I couldnt sayno.Amillion-plustilejobChris Walkerislikecatniptoatilecontrac- NTCA Presidenttor. This time it will be different.Vice President, David Allen TheymusthavehadachanceCompanyto reconsider the last low bidderChairman, ANSI A-108paradigmRIGHT? ThistimeIChairman, US TAG ISO TC-189was told the owner had a high- Board of Directors ABC-VAqualityconsultanttosuperviseVoting Member TCNA the new work. This job will go toHandbookthe best-value contractor not theVoting Member low-price contractorRIGHT?NTCA Reference ManualWhat is that famous line? Foolchriswalker@davidallen.comme once shame on you, fool me twiceshameonme?Well,inToviewthePresidentsLetter fairness,thelowestpriceislikeonline,visitwww.tile-assn.com catnip to the GC too. They cantandclickMeetourPresident seem to help themselves. I dontunder About NTCA.18TileLetter | August 2020"