As a project executive at Chicago’s largest general contractor, Joe Pecoraro is accustomed to wielding Skender’s clout and financial resources to get his jobs done. When all else fails, money always talks. But right now, he needs a door package to complete a project, and the vendor can’t promise it for another four or five months — at any price — because the doors do not exist.
“That’s a scary thing as a contractor,” Pecoraro said. “When you don’t have a tool to fix a problem, and the answer is, ‘You just have to wait,’ that’s a problem. You’re working without a net right now.”
