Re: SB: Building times

["waterlady Frommer" <s_waterlady@hotmail.com>]

>
>         As a builder of homes and commercial structures, and with a
>flaming tyrant for a business owner, I concur wholeheartedly with BroJones'
>comments.  I would hasten to add that if you subcontract parts of the
>structure out, be prepared for even more delays, with and without good
>reason.  Subs seem to always have reasons to be somewhere else when you
>need them the most.  Then again, you might have the "Country Club (name
>your trade)s" that arrive between 9 and 9:30, having stopped twice for
>coffee and potty breaks before even reaching your site, and who take 90
>minutes for lunch and/or siesta, and who subsequently leave at 2:30 or 3 to
>avoid the traffic, and then have the temerity to bill you for a full 8
>hours of work.  I'd suggest that if you are the GC, it would be proper to
>include a statement in the contract to the effect that "time spent off-site
>will not be subject to payment".
>         The prominence of Murphy's Law cannot be overemphasized.  Be
>prepared to instruct subs as to how to create things like lookouts and
>birdsmouths, especially when their expertise is in apartment building.  Buy
>a good 4' level and a good 18" level (Stabila comes to mind), learn how to
>use both to cross-check the work of subs.  Remember that "plumb" has two
>dimensions.
>
...........and then again, you could have the experience we had where our 
subs showed up when they said they'd be there, worked the full day hard, and 
did a nice professional job.  There are good folks out there and I think the 
attitude of the person acting as the GC can influence the kind of work and 
respect you get from your subs.
susan
>



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