ITD saves nearly $8,000 by Doing it Themselves Do It Yourself. It’s a popular way to cut costs these days. It even has it’s own acronym among practioners – DIY. ITD maintenance crews in Hammett (just east of Mountain Home) recently saved a pocketful of money by practicing the DIY principle. On an ongoing project in the area to replace some 436 linear feet of broken-out concrete panels in the Cold Springs Creek Canal that runs under I-84 at Exit 114 between Hammett and Glenns Ferry, the contract bid had not accounted for about 1,100 linear feet of vertical joint seams that already existed in the canal that needed to be cleaned and sealed. The contractor’s bid to do the work of cleaning, power washing and sealing the joints - $10,000.
Published 8-17-2012 |