Thank you for your reply. What would be the reason for favoring the contractor with his own workers?

This is a repair from storm damage. It is a complete roof replacement including sistering several rafters. Also some inside work where tree limbs penetrated into the living space.

I'm hiring one of two general contractors. One is using all sub-contractors, while the other is using all his own employees. Withe everything else being equal, which would be the…