Raildudes dad
Senior Member
So the concrete guy / screeding guy that wrote out the flatness numbers expects how much repeat business? I think the GC's around here while they are competitors would spread the word and the concrete guy might as well find a new trade.
I had a new one this week. As you know I'm an engineer for the county highway department. One of the guys who works for me reviews the new driveways for new commercial developments. So he brings me one to look at for a new retirement home. It's drawn by a 2 person engineering company about 100 miles north of us. Note we have a dozen firms locally that can do the same thing and know our specifications. So the drawing shows just an asphalt drive no curbs, looks like a residential drive. My guy talks to her and says it needs curb and gutter w/ gutter pan, has to be so wide etc etc. So she proceeds to send a one page single spaced email telling us basically, they don't need to build what we want and get this - she has no intention of complying with our standards.
I laughed. I told him you can tell her I'm not impressed and no problem, she doesn't comply, they don't get a permit and if their contractor shows up and starts work, the sheriff gets called and they can pack up and leave or get a trespassing ticket.
So he calls her. She apologizes for her email. When he said his boss just laughed, she wanted to know my qualifications and experience. So he proceeds to tell her I've been an engineer with the road commission 47 years LOL.
The sad thing is just looking at her existing and proposed contour lines her walk grades and the ditch grades are not going to work. The township wants a 10 foot sidewalk, so she just drew it in, as in over the ditch in places. If we let it go, the site grading contractor is going to have a real problem and some serious re-engineering will have to occur. The proposed building is set into a hillside. By the time we get done having her revise the drive and ditch in the ROW I'll be surprised if the building doesn't get moved back into the hill and the finished floor elevation lowered.
How about it CM1995, want to give a price on the plan as currently drawn?
I had a new one this week. As you know I'm an engineer for the county highway department. One of the guys who works for me reviews the new driveways for new commercial developments. So he brings me one to look at for a new retirement home. It's drawn by a 2 person engineering company about 100 miles north of us. Note we have a dozen firms locally that can do the same thing and know our specifications. So the drawing shows just an asphalt drive no curbs, looks like a residential drive. My guy talks to her and says it needs curb and gutter w/ gutter pan, has to be so wide etc etc. So she proceeds to send a one page single spaced email telling us basically, they don't need to build what we want and get this - she has no intention of complying with our standards.
I laughed. I told him you can tell her I'm not impressed and no problem, she doesn't comply, they don't get a permit and if their contractor shows up and starts work, the sheriff gets called and they can pack up and leave or get a trespassing ticket.
So he calls her. She apologizes for her email. When he said his boss just laughed, she wanted to know my qualifications and experience. So he proceeds to tell her I've been an engineer with the road commission 47 years LOL.
The sad thing is just looking at her existing and proposed contour lines her walk grades and the ditch grades are not going to work. The township wants a 10 foot sidewalk, so she just drew it in, as in over the ditch in places. If we let it go, the site grading contractor is going to have a real problem and some serious re-engineering will have to occur. The proposed building is set into a hillside. By the time we get done having her revise the drive and ditch in the ROW I'll be surprised if the building doesn't get moved back into the hill and the finished floor elevation lowered.
How about it CM1995, want to give a price on the plan as currently drawn?