Several of my customers had ask me to check this site out, but had not had time till this morning.
I was the Construction Manager at the Fort Myers Branch from October 26 till this past monday, February 28. When I finally realized that I could not help my customers I resigned.
Little did I know that I was walking into a " Hornet's Nest" when I took the position. It only took a few weeks to find out how many unhappy customers we had out of this branch and how long they had been waiting for their " Dream " homes to be built.
I was a builder and remodeler in North Carolina for 20 years.in 2003 I decided to close my business there. Business had slowed down there, almost to a halt, after the Sept. 11th terrorist attacks. My wife was offered a very good position with a company in Florida, so we moved here.
The main problems out of the Ft. Myers Branch are as follows:
1. Not enough sub-contractors for the amount of homes under const. And for the ones waiting to be U/C.
2. Pay scales need to be adjusted and increased to get more qualified sub-contractors.
3. Simplier method for the const. Manager to get materials to the sub-contractors ASAP. The amount of paperwork required to get a PO or anything else done is at a " snails pace ".
If the above things were done, things would run smoothly,
the customer would get a quality home and be in that home, in a timely manner. It is really that simple.
Lastly, let me say this. Jim Walters does have alot of "good" people that really try hard to get things done. The people in the Ft. Myers Branch are good honest
people. The "bad apples" are not there any longer. The problem is, our hands are tied, by the system that is being used.
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