I got up early in the morning so I could re-check the quotation for the renovation of a few buildings that might be used in an eventual future project. The buildings are owned by the Church of Uganda and that’s why we had to meet the bishop last week to discuss that project and to ask to enter the buildings with an engineer to estimate the renovation costs for the object. As I wrote I had spent the last night going through the offer and recalculating it as it contained lots of calculation errors. The engineer and his colleague arrived at 09:30 so the meeting could finally be started. I checked my calculations with him which turned out to be correct. Then we went through all items on the 10 pages and negotiated for some of the rates, which seemed a bit high, and also the necessity of some of the items on the offer. After that the two of them drove back to the office to adjust the quotation. When they returned we re-checked the offer and then went on-site to check again if all the renovation was necessary as listed. As we walked from building to building, room to room, we discussed a few changes to the offer which needed to be refined. We then made another appointment for 02:30 p.m. to receive the final quotation which they brought punctually. It seemed to be correct now and we were able to save a reasonable amount of money through negotiation without having to cut essential expenses. Phew, I’ll still have to check all the items and will recalculate everything, but I’ll do this once they send me the file via e-mail. After a short break I’ll have to check a few things in town with Dennis… but first I’ll need some coffee!
some impressions of the buildings which would need to be renovated
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