Egress Window Well: The 'Hole from Hell'

okay it doesn't look like much but this hole in the ground cost me $44,000 here's an existing window well here's the one we built to rep replicate that window well this job was originally bid at $44,000 and I had it scheduled to have two guys come in here and complete this project in about a week is what I anticipated to get it done but because the footings on this window well went so deep we had to dig this whole area out extra wide we had to moove the air conditioning unit then we had to build it back up I lost time I lost material I lost extra saw on the outside replacing irrigation heads doing repair work and this job for us was a complete loss we lost as much money as we charged them on this job so this is the what we call the I call it the hole from Hell a complete loss on this project here's the original you can see where it looks like it would be an easy cheesy get in get out get it done no big deal but whoever put these buildings in place tied the footings down at bottom of wall bottom of footing elevation an extra four feet deep when that comes out it it makes it makes your dig instead of being right along this line right here you have to start digging out here to get the soil the taper down to get the footings out so here's a great example of how a bid can go south on you unknown conditions it just plain and simply happens