Subcontractor Bingo, part deux

We posted an item over on the From the Editors blog that seems worthy of further exploration.

Managing editor Phil Andrews took a call last week from a local contractor concerned about some municipal tendering practices. The call was prompted by our coverage of the Isabel Warren tragedy, in which the company that won the contract to build the washrooms at Southend Community Park deflected responsibility by essentially claiming they had done very little of the actual work.

How appropriate is it, the caller wondered, for city-approved contractors to hand off the heavy lifting to subcontractors presumably exposed to a lesser level of scrutiny by municipal officials.

Head over to the Editors blog to weigh-in.