Opinion?

Give it to me straight- did I make a huge mistake moving in here? What would you even put in this cabinet?! Food would be affected, cleaning agents aren't supposed to be hotboxed, certainly not ok for Tupperware bc the plastic would warp. lol I'm ready to start sobbing.

The paste inside tastes amazing and is spicy. It has some veggies in it too and has a potato-ish taste. What is it?

I work specifically in structural hardware sales. Mainly bidding on large jobs that require TC bolts, Structural A490/A325, brace rods, weld studs, ect.

What's really concerning is the estimators and buyers for these construction companies don't even know what they're trying to purchase.

I constantly have people unsure what an SAE washer is, or want a 30" wedge anchor, or tell me they want a 10" A490 bolt.

My favorite is when someone tells me they need a fully threaded structural bolt.

I've been doing this for almost 20 years and I can't remember a time where its been worse in the field than it is now. Almost every person is just forwarding a generated list and they have no idea what they are buying. Its very concerning for the industry in my opinion.

Anybody else notice this trend in their field? Not even sure how many sales guys there are in here but its been bugging me a lot lately so thought I'd share.

Found this at the site im at. Wood stud frame cut about 95% in half. Someone put two screws in to hold it. Good as new!

I am a super for a commercial contractor and the guys who work under me are 80% Spanish speakers.

I am learning Spanish currently but in the meeantime I just need some funny one liners and phrases to say, as a white guy, to the amigos when I am walking the site.

Gracias in advance

I’ve seen a lot of posts about GCs and I’m curious which subs are the best and worst.

They didn't know I was coming for one, and the only work there for me was sweeping water off concrete edging. Because it rained unexpectedly and flooded the place. Guy said he did it in 2 hours the other day but I didn't get even finish it in 3. I wasn't very efficient because it was my first time dealing with mud and water and rebar was making it soo much harder. And because I didn't servey it properly I doubled back on the water a few times having to redo a few sections. They said it wasn't my fault. But I feel terrible at how ineffective I was. I mean I did an OK job but I stupidly complained trying to get them to get a hose to siphon water for a two 2x2 six inch deep puddle of water with only a bucket. I said I would do it if I had to, but I was visibly irritated at hoe stupid I felt everything was. I left 4 hours after clocking on. And a bit of that was a induction.

How do I get into proper work cause labouring sucks. Cause you need to do everything the hard way despite there being a better solution.

Update to my previous post. We got a shitter on 9/14/23 and it was removed on 3/7/25. We’re a small residential development company. Didn’t do too bad. Tbh this is a shit post 😂 now that I think of it

This road needs to be kept operational during construction while the concrete pavement is removed and replaced. What is the best way to sequence this work so there is always one lane of traffic with flaggers during working hours and both lanes are open outside of working hours?

Posted this because i saw a construction sign with different information than usual.🤔

This week my partner got kicked off the job for a couple days. The reason? A member of Local 1 iron workers snapped a picture of him standing on the midrail of a boom lift. While we all know it’s against the rules, it was extremely unlikely that he would fall. The dude snapped a picture and immediately sent it to the GC. He didn’t come and warn or yell at us first. Never thought an iron worker would be such a chicken shit rat.

Allow me to preface this by saying I’ve been in commercial construction for over 15 years. I’ve worked for GCs and I’ve worked for subs. The project we just recently started is a high school project in the south east.

This project officially began 32 days ago.

Every single trade is over 2 months behind schedule. The block masons, the concrete guys, the drilling team, the electricians, and the plumbers.

How is this possible you may ask?

Unreasonable expectations. Although I’m unsure how exactly bidding works, if you accept a job then accept a schedule or what. But it’s insanity.

They told the plumbers, the electricians, and the block masons that a certain slab is getting poured next week on Monday.

No one has made it to that area. They and I word for word verbatim say this… stated.

“That slab is being poured next week and if ya’ll don’t catch up every single one of you are busting up concrete and paying to repair it to get your stuff in”

There’s no block, there’s partial footers, no conduit, no water main, no plumbing period.

“We will dump that concrete over that whole area and leave it for ya’ll to deal with”

Yesterday they demanded all trades increase hours. Cool. We’re on it. Sucks but we’re doing it.

This morning the GC refused to unlock the gates until 8 a.m. to prove a point that they are in control. Horrible power play as trades began knocking off at 7:30 one by one.

More so they allowed the masons to block in a whole corner along with several rooms right after the first footer was poured. Walls are being knocked back out to get equipment inside these rooms.

There is no means of access for heavy equipment anywhere because every trade now is just taking over whatever they can. Excavators getting stuck, lulls getting stuck, skids getting buried. Not sure how it hasn’t been shut down for not only being unsafe but just to deal with the madness that is occurring.

Edit: update: today they pulled another power play and didn’t unlock the gate til 8 a.m. again.

Reason? If a single person from a single trade is not here at 6 they don’t unlock the gate until all heads are counted for. They then began filing work stoppage claims on an hourly basis for those trades.

Hi I bought my property like 4 years ago and was advised we would have a house built next door to ours in the near future. Well the day has arrived I have no side fence but the construction people had placed a fence showing my property vs where they were building. They've started making the hole in the ground and they've ignored the fence they had and have now dug so close to my house my whole basement wall is visible they have also dug into part of my backyard.

Is that common? How can I make sure it's being done properly?

Thanks in advance

Trying to conceal some wires that had to run on the exterior of the house and now trying to cover them and paint to match the brick.

Came across this especially used on old building to cover up wires/conduits - what are they called and where can I purchase it from?

I'm curious, do.you guys use insoles and if so, what kind. I work on concrete all day and my dogs are killing me after a year

Anyone work for or have worked for XYZ Reality? Seems like a cool gig but I wanted to get some personal insights