The Construction Thread

[sweepthefloor]

http://poppygall.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/I-Beam.jpg

 

[chillywilly2]

Sheeeeeeeeiit.

I don't even want to think about what a little motion on that I-beam would do.​

not I beam, wide flange beam...and they are quite stable unless the wind is really blowing

 

[thør]

With the big projects coming on in the eastern Canadian Arctic, you DON'T have people in Canada to do the work. You should be out procreating!

Canadian diamond mines fail to meet local-hire rules

What's the unemployment rate in the NWT? Is the problem finding unskilled labor or finding unskilled labor that wants to work?

 

[lovetoinstruct]

Canadian diamond mines fail to meet local-hire rules

What's the unemployment rate in the NWT? Is the problem finding unskilled labor or finding unskilled labor that wants to work?

Its tough to get local hires that want to stay for the term you need them there. Typically, they work 2 weeks on 2 weeks off and it can be tough to get a lot of the local folks to commit to that.

Or they show up to site and 3 days later tell their boss that they want to go home, they miss it, etc. Or, they aren't on the plane when it leave town in the first place.

Or they can't pass the mandatory alcohol/drug tests in order to gain access to the site.

That is what I have seen working in the different places around the arctic anyway.

 

[thør]

Its tough to get local hires that want to stay for the term you need them there. Typically, they work 2 weeks on 2 weeks off and it can be tough to get a lot of the local folks to commit to that.

Or they show up to site and 3 days later tell their boss that they want to go home, they miss it, etc. Or, they aren't on the plane when it leave town in the first place.

Or they can't pass the mandatory alcohol/drug tests in order to gain access to the site.

That is what I have seen working in the different places around the arctic anyway.

You're saying, "Local people don't want to work?"

 

[Shagly]

What is the State of Alaska building today?

A bridge to nowhere?


Sarah Palin is behind this.

 

[thør]

What is the State of Alaska building today?

A bridge to nowhere?


Sarah Palin is behind this.

The state is building schools, airfields, improving roads, etc. Bridges always go somewhere. Tony C has been keeping tabs on SP.....

 

[lovetoinstruct]

You're saying, "Local people don't want to work?"

That's one of the problems.

I also think that they don't have the population base to meet the quotas.

 

[thør]

That's one of the problems.

I also think that they don't have the population base to meet the quotas.

And who lobbied for those quotas?

 

[lovetoinstruct]

And who lobbied for those quotas?

I don't know, but its part of the environmental assessment document, so likely the local first nations, and possibly the territorial government.

 

[Shagly]

I don't know, but its part of the environmental assessment document, so likely the local first nations, and possibly the territorial government.

The Canadians were behind it.

 

[thør]

Another crane collapse.

In Queens, NY.

 

[trysail]

http://www.art.ucla.edu/images/exhibitions/2009-10/ug/Scholarship09/ASherwyn_IBeam.jpg

That image reminds me of the summer I worked as a gandy dancer. When needed, we'd use an acetylene torch to cut rails to the right length. To this day, I keep a section of rail and a spike on display.


That was the hardest labor I ever did in my life. After the first day on the job, I remember wondering if I'd be able to make it through the summer.

 

[thør]

That image reminds me of the summer I worked as a gandy dancer. When needed, we'd use an acetylene torch to cut rails to the right length. To this day, I keep a section of rail and a spike on display.


That was the hardest labor I ever did in my life. After the first day on the job, I remember wondering if I'd be able to make it through the summer.

There's nothing like a little hard labor to learn the benefits of going to college.

 

[rosco rathbone]

There's nothing like a little hard labor to learn the benefits of going to college.

Then there's those of us who assessed the need of the job market for our fancy liberal arts degrees, found it to be nil, and got a union trade.

 

[rosco rathbone]

Another crane collapse.

In Queens, NY.

Word on the street is, that was pure operator error. Boomed out too far, exceeded the load limit and had a structural failure in the working boom.

 

[CHNOPS]

I still remember the day old Joe up in accounting asked why we needed 17 extra 70-mil I-bars, when the job was only spec'ed for 12 of them poured at 187 PSI.

College kids.

 

[Disgustipated]

Good news!

Research and analysis firm McGraw-Hill Construction announced yesterday that it expects to see a 6 percent growth in U.S. construction in 2013. The projected increase would take construction starts to an estimated $483.7 billion.

 

[rosco rathbone]

Good news!

In NYC, they can't build ultra-high-end luxury apartment buildings fast enough for all the billionaires who want a floor-through, 80th floor penthouse with 50 mile views in every direction.

 

[thør]

I still remember the day old Joe up in accounting asked why we needed 17 extra 70-mil I-bars, when the job was only spec'ed for 12 of them poured at 187 PSI.

College kids.

Right......

 

[chillywilly2]

Right......

My initial thought as well

 

[thør]

My initial thought as well

Supposed to rain in town, but might get a few feet of snow up at the cabin.

 

[chillywilly2]

Rained here all last night and today...dammitttttttttttttt

Told the wife I wanted to move to Saskatoon

 

[thør]

Rained here all last night and today...dammitttttttttttttt

Told the wife I wanted to move to Saskatoon

The fucking wind never stops blowing, there. At least, not in winter.

 

[chillywilly2]

Screw it then,,,I hate windy