If you're trying to get the best price possible getting quotes from multiple contractors makes sense, right?  Well, maybe...  If price is your ONLY objective then you are probably on the right track.  But if you are looking for more than that, simply pricing multiple contractors isn't the way to go.  Instead, you need to interview multiple builders and understand which one fits you the best.  The reason simply pricing multiple contractors won't get you what you're looking for is because of the complexity of construction.  Beyond price, there are a lot of other factors to consider:

In this episode, we talk about the nuances of each of these and why interviewing builders is more important than simply pricing.