Yes I agree on that, you don't want to screw up a foundation hole, nothing is perfect, but you do want to stay within tolerance.
The thing is, you can save money on a lot of construction activities like the site work, + others, if you can do them yourself. Some work items are not for everyone, so you pick and chose what you can do and you still save some money, but sacrifice some time. There are other times when it is best hired out, to a reputable contractor who will give you a competitive price, where they make a decent profit but don't rake you over the coals, and still do good work.
With site work, if you have an experienced person to help or guide you along the way, a few people and the right equipment can do a lot of work, key is you do need someone who knows what they are doing, if you don't have the experience, you can easily learn from that person. You just don't want to go in blind, that is where the trouble will start.
Smart move, owing a machine is one thing, but you start hiring it out, insurance, other risks, and being able to complete the work, must be considered, probably a good idea to walk away, unless you know for sure exactly what you are getting into, with earthwork, there are a lot of unforseen risks to consider.
At my friends farm, there is a major phone line under the ground, about 200 yds behind the old barns, you would never even know it is there, and they are in a semi rural area, always call the ONE CALL center, no matter what. Optics, you don't want to ever hit one of those, that's gonna hurt your bank account in a hurry.
I've seen the same thing, residential foundations that were way off, requiring corrective work, saw one that they just kept building, the house was misaligned with the foundation by several inches, rough openings for windows and doors way off, most carried through from a terrible foundation job, in construction, LAYOUT is one of the most important things to know, which is followed by staying within tolerance throughout the rest of the job, things go awry and before you know it, it's way off, then the corrective work is just costly, double, triple work, best to get it right the first time regardless of what it takes, on high rise buildings you cannot have these problems, 1-2 story residential units it is very common even today, I can still remember one we did the site work for in '90, concrete guys were just off the boat, USSR I think, they had good intentions, but royally screwed up half a dozen new homes, on a beautiful hillside site, nice designs, but real bad workmanship. Textbook case on how to not build a home.
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