South Carolina BS thread under new MANAGEMENT and lives in SC

I thought it was gonna be 26.2% alcohal.

 

Added 2 new ones.
2nd from the left...430FG. Which is the exact make, model, year and color of its sister to its left.

And a 1300TR way at the end, far right.
Again...all of them from "1984".

Don't adjust your tv sets kids, these are the colors of 1984.

 

The only time you’ll catch me running is, well, never...

 

Just gotta be faster than the last guy

 

“I don't generally like running. I believe in training by rising gently up and down from the bench."

“Avoid running at all times.
And don't look back— something might be gaining on you.”

-Leroy “Satchel” Paige, ballplayer/pitcher

 

I've only ran from the police.
#stronglegsdontlookback

 

Man this morning blows ass. Getting specs and drawings together on a $102,250 project.
Just realized I left out a $9000 air compressor in the total. But I ended up having some
wiggle room thanks to some other adders I had calculated. I knew I should have just added
10% and put in my bid at $112,250.

 

Sounds familiar......

I estimate a lot of stuff, large and small. I usually run through my sheet one good time, usually has some plug numbers until I get hard numbers in on things, and file my number away, and send it off for review to all the powers that be. They add shit, remove shit, change shit.......usually ends up real close to that original number........what a waste of time sometimes....... gotta get that buy in though, especially on the big ones, so its not just my butt that gets chewed, should a butt chewing be deemed necessary when things go south.......

 

Yeah I was working off an write up written by my boss. I prefer to use red on my equipment cost and he doesn't.
So I missed it.

 

Where/what kind of work do y'all estimate?

 

Construction, exterior restoration, no new stuff. we fix the stuff that gets thrown up ever so quickly these days All this new construction is job security 10 years from now. structural, building envelope stuff.

 

Nice! I'm in the sitework scope. Paving and grading, etc.

 

Building fascades over the steel structures?

Mostly retail? Manufacturing/office parks?
Or both?

 

AC is roached, after 18 years... Time for a new package unit (elec/gas heat). Any brands to stay away from?

 

Yes....mostly commercial, try to stay away from residential. Little bit of manufacturing, but working in a job during shutdowns is tough sometimes, it pays well though if we can pull it off.

Definitely steel frames, and concrete framed structures with any type of veneer, brick, stone, precast, etc.

Seeing a lot of facade failures on all these new 5 story mixed use apartment / condo stuff that is going up everywhere. Typically a 1 story concrete structure (parking garage) with 3-4 stories of stick frame on top, clad with brick, stone, stucco and EIFS. The problem is that both concrete and wood will creep over their life (shrink) and most of these veneers grow (brick / stone) so it tears itself apart at the flashings and floor lines. also wreaks havoc on vertical and through wall plumbing stacks / vents. They dont move, while the structure shrinks, and the veneer grows. Stucco and EIFS is another animal in itself. the devil is in the details, and in the flashings, and if it was installed correctly with proper flashing laps and back wraps etc. We have done more investigation work in the recent past than we ever have. Typical 2-5 year old structure, tearing itself apart, leaking like a sieve, hires a high dollar consultant to pick it apart. we provide the access (manlift, swing scaffold etc) and labor for the test cuts to help them figure out what is up. turn a facade into swiss cheese great work, zero liability for us, and it is usually open ticket T&M at good rates.

 

dam, that sucks. we had one go out shortly after moving in. get multiple quotes, and the most energy efficient one you can afford. I will text you the guy we used, he was the most honest of the bunch, and we still use him for service.

 

Thank you Virginia for a very entertaining game last night I stayed awake miraculously and ended up winning my pool at work

 

So that's why you were suddenly a Wahoo fan..

It was a really good game.. i was struggling to keep my eyes open for the overtime though..