Les, you'd have to explain the "burden" costs to me...
The ordering is added in the quote time, as a billable hour on that job. The delivery and staging costs should be min, and be acounted for during the constuction costs. You have to have a relationship with your suppliers. They house the materials for you until you need them. You have the materials delivered the day before you install them. (this is on the big stuff).
Now, when I worked for a guy on big jobs, the guy would have alot of things delivered, and pay guys to move them in and out of a construction trailer, day in and day out. I could see where this gets expensive, but that was because the guy was not good at logistics.
Does the guy you were referring to, have the same problem, maybe?
Dnk...
