Casework King

Ok all of you had great input on "GC is 15/16 retarded" so I want to take a count ........ It'll take you 5 sec.

Good idea......... or .......... Bad idea That's all you have to write

Scenario:

Schedule the Painter and the Carpenter & Flooring guys on the same day to work in the same area .......... Then kick everyone out to the cold so the painter can paint.

For those that dissagreed with me They should answer good idea!!

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thom

I don't disagree that you should be able to work prior to the painter. You don't get to "own" the house for 3 weeks. The project must move faster than that. If you can't do it faster and you can't stage your work so others can get in and do their work, I'd replace you with someone who had adequate capacity to do the job.

Casework King

Ok Thom The GC said it would take 3 wks. If he's ok with that that's fine with me...... when I finish in 7 days everyone will be happy right? Well when all this work gets piggybacked into one area it's proven to slow productivity. So I'm an Idiot for agreeing that it'll take three weeks cuz now how am I supposed to show lost time when I finish sooner. So next time when I know it'll take a wk. that's what i'll tell him and if he wants to stack the painter on my back to follw me around he'll be have to issue a change order. And have to pay up cuz everything will be on paper next time.

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hrscammisa

You are different then me cuz my a--s would not be out side. The painter and floor guys had better have some side work to do that day.I'm with you all the way casework King.at this rate it will take a month.To get your stuff done pull off until he is ready for you to go and kick some a--s

WNYcarpenter

I agree, but I also understand every sub has a schedule. If one of our oft used subs has an opening on friday, is booked for the next month, and is currently working nearby, we suck it up, cut outside.

We're in house carpenters, I deal with this everyday!!! Luckily, the subs that are stacked have been through this together...We break each other's horns, but we deal with it...I expect it!

I always try to have a couple areas ready for each sub that'll leave me enough time and room to finish the next area.

We have a couple subs that will walk off and when we see them pull up in unison everyone says...Here we go! Nothing infuriates me more than a baby running, whining to the GC about someone else being in the way. We clean up after subs, remove their garbage, fix their half ass work (because they were pissed about the working conditions), cater to them, then get blamed....1 week lead time, a little cooperation and a job should go fine.

hrscammisa

I agree you MUST work toghter all of us and some times you do have to give a little. Spent 25 years in the high rise end of it where you had 50-75 guys on one site trying to get there stuff done a lot off joking and fun times we were all stress trying to do are jobs but we did try and work around each other but not in the same room I might say hay give me half a day in here and then through 4 of my men in there to knock are job out.