How to choose a contractor for an industrial project in Jalisco

Proven experience in similar projects

Ask for m², type of work and client for each project they show you, and visit at least one finished or ongoing site. A contractor that has built 10,000 to 40,000 m² facilities and pads for industrial parks has solved problems a housing builder is only about to discover. In public works, the contract number lets you verify the project on transparency portals.

Labor and tax compliance

Valid REPSE, positive compliance opinions from SAT, IMSS and INFONAVIT, employer registration and project registration in SIROC. Without these documents the risk passes to your company as jointly liable and payments may lose deductibility.

Health and safety

Ask about the on-site safety officer, personal protective equipment, procedures for deep excavation and work at height and accident indicators. Plants with foreign headquarters usually audit this point before price.

Financial capacity, bonds and insurance

An industrial project is paid with a down payment and progress estimates; the contractor must be able to finance the cycle between estimates and provide advance-payment, performance and latent-defect bonds, plus civil liability insurance. Ask for the surety's letter before signing.

Own equipment and simultaneous work fronts

In earthworks and pads, the schedule difference comes from having equipment available without depending on rentals: several fronts at once and quick mobilization. Ask for the equipment list and which part is owned versus subcontracted.

Method: schedule, resident engineer, reports and lab

Demand a schedule with critical path, one resident engineer per front, weekly physical-financial progress reports with photos, an up-to-date logbook and lab tests for compaction and concrete. That is what allows deviations to be caught early and what later supports the warranty.

References, and price last

Call two or three previous clients and ask about schedule, scope changes and response to problems. Compare price only among contractors that passed the previous filters, and do it line by line: the lowest total usually hides exclusions.

• Red flag: a fixed price per m² without visiting the site or seeing the design.
• Red flag: no REPSE, no employer registration or reluctance to show compliance opinions.
• Red flag: no full-time resident engineer, no logbook, no lab testing.
• Red flag: scope and exclusions that are not in writing.