JADA CONSTRUCTION CO

An estimate (free) was sought. Jada Construction Company agreed but then began billing for non authorized activity. Jada was told what they were doing was not authorized and what they were billing for was not agreed to, but Jada continued anyway. Jada also could not obtain a construction permit and would not respond to the city permit office. Jada argued with the city (Municipality of Anchorage, Alaska) stating the commercial building construction did not need an architect when Jada's own architect said Jada did. A refund of all money paid was requested from Jada. Jada refused so Jada was sued and was ordered to pay all money back and also costs an attorney's fees.

The job took exactly 12 months! With a time and material contract it appeared that the job was stretched and over documented. For example, a simple demolition of a dry wall partition was billed for more than triple the time it was estimated by other professionals. The contractor did not communicate well with the architect and his subs. The glass door took three tries to get it right, all with shipping to the lower 48 for tempering. The cost for this was eventually somewhat adjusted by Speedy Glass, but it failed to make up for the loss of 9 months rent. The office staff was very pleasant in spite of technical glitches like being offline and emails disappearing. Jada does not accept credit card payments, but then charges contractor's time for going to the bank and cashing a check. Even though the end result was fair, but the cost in time and money and nerves were way out of proportion. Therefore I will not recommend this contractor.