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As the saying goes, pay peanuts, get monkeys. I see it all the time. Companies win quotes because theyre substantially cheaper, but often theres a reason for that. A lot also has to do with cheaper sub par materials also. And then there times when the project managers have no trade background. So he no longer works as an electrical project manager, but my brother inlaw was a project manager for an electrical mob, yet his background was an events orginiser. So yes he could run the show to keep deadlines, but he had no idea on the quality of the work he was managing. The major thing a project manager does not want after the deadline is met, is a massive defect list. Minor things, yeah it happens. Many minor things doesnt look good, major things dont look good and many major things, well thats terrible. The minor things that dont throw people under the bus is not workmanship which should have been pulled up at the time, its manufacturing defects on the installed equipment and factors out of the installers control.