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of fuel and oil, it has been extremely
hard to be competitive in the market.
If you have a project that has a
schedule of five to six months and the
fuel cost goes up 30 to 40 percent,
as it has in recent years, what do you
do but take it on the chin?
"It used to be that when you
were quoting a project, the pricing
you received for petroleum-based
products was good for the project.
Today it is not uncommon to have
prices that are good for only seven
days, or to receive pricing with a
fuel surcharge attached to it. Pretty
tough to manage when you have a
lump sum project you're bidding,
and the market is very competitive."
Slugocki pointed out that the
price of irrigation pipe, a staple of
new construction and renovations, is
directly tied to oil prices.
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