The Construction Thread

[M. Jordan]

Thank you Roscoe!

 

[islandman]

That's a little too convenient of an excuse.

They found something they don't want anyone to know about....

 

[Saint Peter]

It reportedly found a similar problem during testing, and the fix may not have been good enough.

Oh yeah.


We fixed that!

 

[thør]

Some time back there was an article about a big tunnel being dug in Seattle I believe. Supposedly the boring machine ran into something really big and had to stop. Has anyone here ever heard anything more?

soadfi

If all y'all look back in this thread, there's a link to a webcam showing the progress of the pit being dug to try to repair Bertha.

 

[rosco rathbone]

That's a little too convenient of an excuse.

They found something they don't want anyone to know about....

good hollywood pitch

 

[rosco rathbone]

If all y'all look back in this thread, there's a link to a webcam showing the progress of the pit being dug to try to repair Bertha.

props to thor for breaking the story first here @ lit

 

[thør]

props to thor for breaking the story first here @ lit

Don't need the props, but the link does have a time lapse button on it to see progress. For people not in the trade, it's eye opening.

 

[thør]

https://scontent-b-sea.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/t1.0-9/1978690_829190297108235_564874334_n.jpg

 

[cowslinger64]

https://scontent-b-sea.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/t1.0-9/1978690_829190297108235_564874334_n.jpg

Holy crap.. hopefully that was just a setup. I've seen some unsafe things done in construction, but that's as bad as any.

I'm a union Industrial Sheet Metal/HVAC worker.. sometimes safety has some gray area to it...but not to that extent.

I've done work like these..

http://affordablecopperroofing.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/.pond/07PrefabricatedCopperRoofs-KaiserConstrustion-Delaware007.jpg.w300h225.jpg
https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQr02ULqr8SSQn61oJfKeszSAJotH__4vMFzmOyOM35lthCWM3c

did one like this last year with 100 foot panels.

https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSFA298yOYYELowhOYZcP8b51mNnqM8oo62rdcdnHeW32wKeffbhQ

and duct work

http://www.gsmindustrial.com/images/products/cache/Dust_Collection_System_Duct_Run22_web_456x342.jpg

http://www.harrisonindustrial.co.uk/userimages/ductwork%20header.jpg

 

[Saint Peter]

Nice work.

 

[cowslinger64]

Nice work.

thanks...those aren't pics of actual jobs I've done, but look the same. I work for a place that expects things to be done professionally and they give us the time to get it done right....which is a huge plus for me. I'm really particular.

 

[Saint Peter]

I understand.

This entire thread has been about quality and the lack of it. Unfortunately the lack of quality gets the larger spotlight because it is easy to talk shit about the operator that boomed down on Rosco's penthouse.

 

[thør]

I understand.

This entire thread has been about quality and the lack of it. Unfortunately the lack of quality gets the larger spotlight because it is easy to talk shit about the operator that boomed down on Rosco's penthouse.

No one wants to make a splash in the newspaper. Unfortunately, only the bad things are news.

KWIG (Warning, large pic)

The operator that boomed done on Rosco's place was sent to this garden spot to work.

 

[cowslinger64]

I understand.

This entire thread has been about quality and the lack of it. Unfortunately the lack of quality gets the larger spotlight because it is easy to talk shit about the operator that boomed down on Rosco's penthouse.

I hear ya...there is a good bit of garbage going up these days. Hurry up and get it done no matter what is more popular than I care for. I assume there's a back story to Roscos house that I don't know about...which is cool. Hopefully it was funny.

 

[Saint Peter]

I hear ya...there is a good bit of garbage going up these days. Hurry up and get it done no matter what is more popular than I care for. I assume there's a back story to Roscos house that I don't know about...which is cool. Hopefully it was funny.

Rosco is the thread starter and a union iron worker. The string of crane mishaps in his town make him the butt of tasteless jokes.

 

[thør]

http://www.alaskajournal.com/images/cache/cache_d/cache_8/cache_7/d87005fa704088d1a57b46b5f9ff8140.jpeg

 

[rosco rathbone]

http://www.alaskajournal.com/images/cache/cache_d/cache_8/cache_7/d87005fa704088d1a57b46b5f9ff8140.jpeg

Is that a piling? Or a drilling rig.

 

[Saint Peter]

Rosco is the thread starter and a union iron worker. The string of crane mishaps in his town make him the butt of tasteless jokes.

He also does not know the difference between a drilling rig and apple butter.

 

[thør]

Is that a piling? Or a drilling rig.

I see a pile and a set of swinging leads. Maybe Chris had apple butter on his toast that day?

 

[Saint Peter]

I see a pile and a set of swinging leads. Maybe Chris had apple butter on his toast that day?

Is that you in the background keeping the mittens clean?

 

[thør]

Is that you in the background keeping the mittens clean?

I would be in the truck. Why stand when you can sit?

 

[Saint Peter]

I would be in the truck. Why stand when you can sit?

I get too sleepy sitting in the truck. Every now and then I have to go for a walk. Get some coffee. Toss a piss. Something.

 

[rosco rathbone]

He also does not know the difference between a drilling rig and apple butter.

the only dumb question is the unasked one they told me

 

[Saint Peter]

the only dumb question is the unasked one they told me

They lied.

 

[thør]

I get too sleepy sitting in the truck. Every now and then I have to go for a walk. Get some coffee. Toss a piss. Something.

I make sure there's WiFi on the job so I can fuck around at Lit.