Couldn't agree with Balti more. I think he and I work together, if that isn't a give away Walter! In the place that I work, engineers were made redundant some years ago, and now, when they are needed so badly, the company cannot recruit the cream that they used to attract. And when you thought things were settled, you are told that you are 'For Sale'. Acountants need to get out of their offices and see exactly what goes on in 'The Real World' to see what their constraints are doing to us and costing the company!
Someone told me once that if you go for the lowest quote, then you must leave something in reserve to allow for items that were missed or not quoted for. If you do that, then you could have afforded better in the first place.