The Construction Thread

[chillywilly2]

It's a column.

with a splice

 

[thør]

with a splice

Bolted splice.

 

[thør]

A safety reset.

 

[thør]

My great uncle did similar work back in the 1930's.

 

[Saint Peter]

A safety reset.

Yep. Just reset the fucker. Everything will be just fine. Perfect even.

Safety is not about culture and apprenticeship. It is not about management valuing people above profits. It is not about blame placing and looking the other way.

Nope. Just reset it and move on.

 

[thør]

Yep. Just reset the fucker. Everything will be just fine. Perfect even.

Safety is not about culture and apprenticeship. It is not about management valuing people above profits. It is not about blame placing and looking the other way.

Nope. Just reset it and move on.

It was a good thing for BP to do. But, what they didn't acknowledge publicly was that the individual incidents that were on the increase were all caused by BP staff or contracted staff sitting in BP positions. They were not caused by construction contractors or anyone working on project related stuff. For me, the reset only added dollars to my bottom line.

 

[rosco rathbone]

Working in the consulate of a G7 nation off blueprints where half of the rooms are just blank voids. No one that I know of has done a background check on me to see if I'm hiding bugs and microphones in the structure. That I know of...

 

[thør]

Working in the consulate of a G7 nation off blueprints where half of the rooms are just blank voids. No one that I know of has done a background check on me to see if I'm hiding bugs and microphones in the structure. That I know of...

Exactly.

 

[chillywilly2]

Too cold to erect steel today...ironworkers can stay home

 

[thør]

They can hire out to the Russians who want to work in Saudi Arabia.

 

[thør]

https://scontent-sea1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/26904804_10211121920740255_7088507401791908186_n.jpg?oh=35d61c920cf1561e374043ec84488cd1&oe=5AE7ACA4

 

[Saint Peter]

It is a good thing he did not get those goofy composite toes.

 

[thør]

It is a good thing he did not get those goofy composite toes.

:fiveminuteepoxy:

 

[Saint Peter]

I hope there are cutoff wheels in the toolcrib.

 

[thør]

I hope there are cutoff wheels in the toolcrib.

Norzon Notchers.

 

[thør]

I need the t-shirt.

 

[Saint Peter]

I need the t-shirt.

Truth.

 

[thør]

https://78.media.tumblr.com/ede0a6428f6e0693265500855d82b7d2/tumblr_p3sg2y0PJK1txoafpo1_1280.jpg

42% of construction deaths are fall related.

 

[chillywilly2]

https://78.media.tumblr.com/ede0a6428f6e0693265500855d82b7d2/tumblr_p3sg2y0PJK1txoafpo1_1280.jpg

42% of construction deaths are fall related.

3 point contact?

 

[thør]

Welder in the bucket.

 

[thør]

Looks like work in Wisconsin.

 

[thør]

If you're wondering why your solar installation costs so damn much, check out the high tech tooling these installers are using.

 

[Saint Peter]

If you're wondering why your solar installation costs so damn much, check out the high tech tooling these installers are using.

"Has anybody seen the fire extinguisher?"

 

[thør]

"Has anybody seen the fire extinguisher?"

They have TWO recycle bins!

 

[thør]

$6.5B being injected into Y-12 at Oak Ridge, TN. There's gonna be a pile of work, there. And, good folk to work with.