skyking1
Senior Member
Yeah the heck were them plumbers. As you know, I'm an operator.
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Commercial construction work pictures
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DMiller
Senior Member
And along with ALL Those are the Wrenches, the Cowards that WILL NOT EVER set foot on those Sites to repair or at least Look at broken machinery as require OSHA Hard Hats, safety toed shoes and nothing even associated to Grease or oil spillage.
skyking1
Senior Member
I got that dream job backfilled and handed over to the dirt contractor today. It took 6 trips for pea gravel to defend the pipe against this pile of hammerheads and big nuggets.
I mobilized back across the sound to stay now. I had to move the rig over and back 4 trips with city rush hour traffic, getting about 100 miles in 3~4 hours each time. To heck with that!
I mobilized back across the sound to stay now. I had to move the rig over and back 4 trips with city rush hour traffic, getting about 100 miles in 3~4 hours each time. To heck with that!
oarwhat
Senior Member
What a mess.
HarleyHappy
Senior Member
^^^^^^ What he said! Looks like whack a mole for 2” pvc pipes. Too long to call them stubs. My OCD had a overdose looking at those pics.
DMiller
Senior Member
What an Utter PITA!
skyking1
Senior Member
Lets bury these pipes in anvils and car batteries! what could possibly go wrong?
skyking1
Senior Member
top of wall = top of slab. Those stubs are only about 8~10" above FF.
skyking1
Senior Member
The honeymoon is over. I backfilled #4 last week after big rains, and it was the last time this material could go back.
They claimed they did good job compacting it. I tried to approach the building to jump in there. Not happening here!
We pumped it down and then Sam shoveled out more than a ton of goo before I could put in the material.
They claimed they did good job compacting it. I tried to approach the building to jump in there. Not happening here!
We pumped it down and then Sam shoveled out more than a ton of goo before I could put in the material.
Welder Dave
Senior Member
It sucks when you get a big rain at the wrong time especially when you have other jobs and customers are wondering when you're getting to their jobs. Then you have calls for new jobs and they expect you to be there tomorrow.
DMiller
Senior Member
Just Damn!
skyking1
Senior Member
That was last week. I'm working on building 5 this week and I'm on day three of what used to take me one day, 1.5 tops.
skyking1
Senior Member
This job, this day was the last straw. As I drove in I called my wife and laid out the plan. I was going to call the Union Hall first to see what the status was, then I was going to inform my boss that my tank was full. I had enough with mud.
I'll help them interview candidates, I will work on this building and they can have a guy there for the rest going forward. I can drive the truck and get pea gravel if the new guy is not CDL yet, I can shuffle the iron till they get it sorted out.
Those are finite commitments, not dealing with messes like this.
Good morning to us:
The mini needs water wings. They wanted me to open that up with trenches, LOL.
We bagged it, then I informed the boss about my limited future.
I'll help them interview candidates, I will work on this building and they can have a guy there for the rest going forward. I can drive the truck and get pea gravel if the new guy is not CDL yet, I can shuffle the iron till they get it sorted out.
Those are finite commitments, not dealing with messes like this.
Good morning to us:
The mini needs water wings. They wanted me to open that up with trenches, LOL.
We bagged it, then I informed the boss about my limited future.
skyking1
Senior Member
Monday was like this. See that telltale sinking crack there, with the footprint puddle in the middle? That is where the plumber went in while painting the lines.
So we know what is up. The fill next to the footing is the consistency of a cheap milkshake, with just a little skin on top.
Out it comes. Why did they bother putting it in?
I went in and told the general before I got started that I would need 1 1/4" rock, a couple of boxes of it. He said they would pay, but he wanted me to get it. Oh no.
Screw that.
Call my boss if you want but this is how it goes. Your $@%^^E site, YOUR problem.
He did call and my office told me to arrange to get it.
I told the office to make the arrangements. I was done not getting support. So done now.
Lo and behold, the GC figured out the dirt guys, had a truck coming this way. They diverted the EMPTY TRUCK to bring me the first box.
Folks this is how it is supposed to happen, but apparently I have to educate everybody these days.
That is what you have a dirt crew on site for. They have the trucks, the tools, the manpower. They can write those extra tickets because they are already doing so. I'm one guy with a box of clean pea gravel that I'm not dumping in the mud.
But wait there is more if you are along this far.
GC is listening to me make arrangements for a pump, and he has a pump he is not offering to de-water his own site.
My boss remembers meeting notes about them having pumps etc for dewatering.
Oh look here comes the 2" trash electric pump like the one I was going to rent, and now the hole is getting pumped. Using the plumber's personal generator for power of course. (FACEPALMING).
I had to scoop alongside several footings like this with the 18" while each end kept collapsing in, then hammered in the rock.
lots of little spoonfuls of milkshake.
So done with this
So we know what is up. The fill next to the footing is the consistency of a cheap milkshake, with just a little skin on top.
Out it comes. Why did they bother putting it in?
I went in and told the general before I got started that I would need 1 1/4" rock, a couple of boxes of it. He said they would pay, but he wanted me to get it. Oh no.
Screw that.
Call my boss if you want but this is how it goes. Your $@%^^E site, YOUR problem.
He did call and my office told me to arrange to get it.
I told the office to make the arrangements. I was done not getting support. So done now.
Lo and behold, the GC figured out the dirt guys, had a truck coming this way. They diverted the EMPTY TRUCK to bring me the first box.
Folks this is how it is supposed to happen, but apparently I have to educate everybody these days.
That is what you have a dirt crew on site for. They have the trucks, the tools, the manpower. They can write those extra tickets because they are already doing so. I'm one guy with a box of clean pea gravel that I'm not dumping in the mud.
But wait there is more if you are along this far.
GC is listening to me make arrangements for a pump, and he has a pump he is not offering to de-water his own site.
My boss remembers meeting notes about them having pumps etc for dewatering.
Oh look here comes the 2" trash electric pump like the one I was going to rent, and now the hole is getting pumped. Using the plumber's personal generator for power of course. (FACEPALMING).
I had to scoop alongside several footings like this with the 18" while each end kept collapsing in, then hammered in the rock.
lots of little spoonfuls of milkshake.
So done with this
Bootheal
Senior Member
Where’s the frustrated emoji?
What a mess.
What a mess.
skyking1
Senior Member
It was the best thing to happen. Now I am officially cured. I am healed my brothers! I will come play in the dirt * On dry nice days only* from now on.
crane operator
Senior Member
Looks more like a sewer treatment plant with all little water compartments, than a building foundation.
We pushed some crane pads in the last two days at both jobs, but neither job looked as bad as yours
We pushed some crane pads in the last two days at both jobs, but neither job looked as bad as yours
DMiller
Senior Member
Really sucks by looks of it.
materthegreater
Senior Member
You may have mentioned this and I missed it. What is your/your company's role in this project? You mention the dirt crew so presumably you do something more specialized?
skyking1
Senior Member
I had finished the cell beyond me and tracked over where I could jump the stemwall between bolts. That is how it is all over. I'll dig your trenches for ya OK. Just float your pipe in my track puddles.
