r/Construction

Ok, c'mon, someone here has to know the whole scoop. What happened at the Data Center job site in TX where an entire Subcontractor crew plus others of about 600+ got fired/kicked off the Hoffman jobsite for drinking ON the jobsite?!?! I thought the days of jobsite happy hours were over LOL

I've been with my company for a year and we are leaving Buildertrend as the costs have skyrocketed. I've never worked construction before, but I was told BT is the gold standard, and tbh, I don't think we used most of the features.

This means I've seen a lot of comments about JobTread, Ressio, Sage, etc. The thing is, we're a very small company, 3-5 users max (one of which is the owner who would need the access but the other 3 of us would be the real users) and we'd be using Quickbooks to send invoices, so it wpuld need to integrate. We're looking for something that's not extremely expensive and easy enough for our non-techy owner to use if needed. The thing is, I don't want to sit through a million sales pitches or be pressured into making a quick decision by sales people given the task has fallen on me, but pricing tends to require that. Are there any recommendations? We are a GC, and while we do residential work, we're trying to shift into more commercial work, if that helps at all.

Any help would be appreciated, thank you!

I’m working in a factory. Sent out a dozen applications to different unions. The first one that reached out was the Bricklayers. I know it’s the hardest trade out of all the ones I put in my application for but I want out of the factory life.

I got selected for a hands on evaluation? What does this entail? I know zero about bricklaying. I thought that’s why we have apprenticeships?

I’m pretty good with my hands(no diddy) and can usually figure shit out but I’m a little nervous about this one.

How's the job market for trades in upstate look? are government projects happening? especially interested in union jobs i.e cranes and heavy equipment

gearing up for a commercial retaining wall pour next month that has a massive amount of rebar reinforcement ties. the space between the steel is so tight that standard mechanical vibrators are going to struggle to reach the bottom, and i am terrified of stripping the formwork and finding major honeycombing or structural voids

we are looking at adjusting the mix design to move toward a self-consolidating concrete spec. the trick to getting that fluid flow without causing severe aggregate segregation is relying on a high-range water reducer rather than just adding extra water to the mix. specifying a polycarboxylate superplasticizer like the ones supplied by Arit allows the concrete to flow like syrup through dense rebar grids while keeping the mix completely cohesive. what mix adjustments do you specify when dealing with extreme rebar congestion?

I live in Virginia. Metabo-HPT cordless platform seems to be really getting popular. I am wondering if they are as good as I am being told. What do you all think?

My boss has only ever works at our small family owned design-build firm. He over his long career has not done a ton of 3rd party architect competitive bid jobs.

So this is a restaurant. 9' ceilings in this scenario. 3rd party architect.

Specifications say kitchen FRP is supposed to be 4x8 smooth FRP.

Drawings don't show height of FRP on elevations, and the Finish Plan has your typical encompassing line for wall extents saying "FRP".

My boss says the subcontractor needs to provide 4x10 FRP sheets so it's full height (again 9' ACT ceilings). That if the FRP wasnt meant to go full height the architect would have put "FRP/Drywall" on the Finish Plan.

I feel like this should have been an RFI, otherwise I've been taught Specifications override Drawings, especially if it's explicit and the other could be ambiguous. I told him I'll enforce whatever he wants with the sub, but respectfully disagree. He did not like that I wouldn't blindly agree with him. I've had this issue with him of having to enforce unreasonable interpretations (which he genuinely believes) with subcontractors where they eat the entire cost. He called me this evening saying AIA (not sure if he's referencing our contact or in general) says drawings and specifications are "complementary" and conflicts are decided by architect.

Personally, I rarely ever see architects call out multiple finishes with those encompassing lines on Finish plans. Maybe occasionally they'll say FRP/Tile but even that's usually left up to Elevations.

The year is 2040, Elon calls and asks if you’ll be a super or pm to build data centers on the moon. Per diem is $1000 a day and the salary is 500k a year. You travel home every six months by rocket with a 50% chance of death on the rocket each way. Will you join the team or not?

We probably demo 5,000 square feet of mirrors from fitness facilities a year without a second thought.

Is there any second hand market for large used mirrors?

Was the lunch debate today.

I lost my old galaxy buds at least a year ago. I've been debating obtaining a pair because I think it would be convenient for when I need ear plugs and also for better spatial awareness on jobsites. I'm conflicted though because they are relatively expensive and I listen to a lot of really dynamic and/or extreme music; everything from disco to deathcore, from Bach to Bluegrass, and everything inbetween. If I'm going to spend the kind of money they cost, I would want to get ones that can sound good for any music and not just the top pop 100. I worry because some of the music I listen to is really complex with a huge range of pitches and lots of different instruments at once.

Hi to my fellow commercial building inspectors. My current specialty is fire stopping.

My question is, does anyone else’s workload feel extremely excessive? The past 2 years I’ve been tasked with managing all Firestopping for 5 high risk projects all at once.

3 Buildings: podium construction with retail, 7 story wood frame multi family apartments all on separate permits

1 Building: 23 story high rise multi family apartment building with retail

1 Building: 200 units, 5 story wood frame construction

2 Towers: 22 stories each with retail, 2 separate permits

1 Parking Garage with retail & office spaces

At this point in time, all of the projects are about 9 months from TCO submission and I am absolutely swamped. 8-10 hours of site visits daily, and then 2-4 additional hours of report writing. Is this normal? Any feedback is appreciated.

Got a question for you guys that install tiles for a living. What tool are you using to cut the shadow line tiles?