Matthew:
Correct.
You have to be a “certified peer reviewer” to perform these services.
My guess is the low fee came from one of Bill P.’s “bottom feeder” engineers
Recently laid off and working out of his basement.
David L. Fisher SE PE
Senior Principal
Fisher and Partners
372 West Ontario
Suite 301
Chicago 60654
312.622.0409 (m)
312.573.1701
312.573.1726 (f)
www.fpse.com
-----Original Message-----
From: Stuart, Matthew [mailto:mStuart@cmxengineering.com]
Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2009 10:40 AM
To: seaint@seaint.org
Subject: RE: Fees
Doesn’t the City of Chicago have some established criteria for peer reviews that would help you to avoid being undercut, particularly if the other firm doesn’t have the proper background of experience?
D. Matthew Stuart, P.E., S.E., F.ASCE, SECB
Senior Project Manager
Structural Department
Associate
Engineers and Consultants - CMX
200 Route 9
Manalapan, NJ 07726
732-577-9000 (Ext. 308)
908-309-8657 (Cell)
732-298-9441 (Fax)
mstuart@CMXEngineering.com
From: David L. Fisher [mailto:dfisher@fpse.com]
Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2009 11:13 AM
To: seaint@seaint.org
Subject: Fees
We submitted a proposal to do a peer review for a project in Chicago.
Our fee was $3,500.00
The winning bidder?
$550.00
Peer reviews in Chicago take about four days just to complete all the paperwork.
*ouch*
Things are really tough out there.
David L. Fisher SE PE
Senior Principal
Fisher and Partners
372 West Ontario
Suite 301
Chicago 60654
312.622.0409 (m)
312.573.1701
312.573.1726 (f)
www.fpse.com