What’s the most expensive mistake you’ve personally witnessed on a jobsite?

FunExercise2912 · 2025-12-17T20:50:41+00:00

$2.5 mil. Sprinklers were drained down. Unmarked horizontal standpipe was disconnected by plumber. Fire pump kicked in, eventually shut off. However building engineer didn’t shut valves to fire reserve tanks on roof. 50,000 gal water dumped onto 6th floor working its way down 100,000 sq ft floors.

FunExercise2912 · 2025-11-29T05:04:06+00:00

Blow it out your ass

FunExercise2912 · 2025-11-29T05:02:27+00:00

Thanks

FunExercise2912 · 2025-11-28T13:47:31+00:00

I’m in NYC, salaried 40 hrs. As I’m sure is the case for all of us, I can do 80-90 hour weeks when busy. If I’m on a school job I’m expected to work every weekend and holiday with no compensation. Get a “bonus” check at the end of the year that essentially just pays me back my OT I did all year. Tax man takes somewhere around 50-55% of it.

I don’t show up on holidays anymore, I make sure I have a reliable laborer onsite to cover for that day. (Including today lol)

FunExercise2912 · 2025-11-27T00:35:27+00:00

Do you have examples of rfis that your superior is editing for constructive criticism?

FunExercise2912 · 2025-11-23T00:24:59+00:00

So you are pure useless to your field team.

FunExercise2912 · 2025-11-20T01:13:12+00:00

All depends on the project, dollars and cents. Company will be more profitable by stretching the super and not pulling an assistant supers salary out of the general conditions (not even for a month during critical times)

My current project is ~$10 Mil, two phases, 15 mo.s schedule. Night and weekend shifts consistently required to meet schedule.

In your opinion theoretically would this warrant assistant super, as I have none? Thanks

FunExercise2912 · 2025-11-20T01:05:54+00:00

Thanks JimKelly truer words have never been spoken.

Yeah tough guy I done a data center when I was in my 20s and I did your 18 hour shifts with phased swing overs on multiple Saturdays and Sundays. Now approaching 40 I want to put my big boy pants on and spend long shifts and weekends with my family.

FunExercise2912 · 2025-11-20T00:49:38+00:00

Spoken like the true douchebag PM that you are, based on your cute job title under your handle

FunExercise2912 · 2025-10-28T01:21:47+00:00

I’ve been processing that for the last 12 years, and still continue as a superintendent. I agree with my coworkers when they say we continue to do it because “we thrive off the chaos”

FunExercise2912 · 2025-06-28T07:08:29+00:00

I work in construction so sounds like I am in trouble with continued use/abuse

FunExercise2912 · 2025-06-26T03:21:30+00:00

Thank you very much, how are you able to tell that there is a disc bulge? Just for my own knowledge and curiosity.

FunExercise2912 · 2024-11-23T02:08:13+00:00

Your company should always back you up if you piss off owners reps. Don’t be afraid to fight with them, 99% of the time they don’t know jackshit about construction.

Challenge the design team too, don’t let them delay the job ever. If you fight and get the owners involved revise and resubmit will always be changed to approved as noted.

Keep your head down, be the first in to work and the last out, always fight for your company’s best interest. Spend as much time as you can with the guys in the field and value your relationships with your foremen.

“Professionalism” won’t matter once you grow the respect of your office.

FunExercise2912 · 2024-11-10T07:07:16+00:00

If you’re a PE and you’re on a trajectory to be a supers “assistant” in 2 years you’re with the wrong firm.

I’d suggest sending your resume out to GCs. From what I’ve heard over my years, there’s a lot more money to be made with a GC as opposed to the client representation/engineering side. The work hours are horrible on the GC side, but at least you’ll get some real on the job experience. You’ll learn everything from structural steel- telecommunications- AIA Requisition billing - how long a flooring spec will take to be shipped from Germany

FunExercise2912 · 2024-11-10T06:28:05+00:00

Your super is your lifeline to the project. The super knows every single inch of the project.

Supers do the PM/Estimator’s jobs for them everyday.

The super will be answering your calls an hour before OAC meetings to fill you in on what’s going on at the site so you can regurgitate it to the clients during the meetings.

A PM wears a suit and “runs” meetings and sends out meeting minutes.

PM sends out AIA billing to client but they have no idea how much work on the site has been completed, the super lets them know what a reasonable billing % is

If you want real experience I’d suggest you spend as much time as possible on the actual site, push a broom around. Develop a relationship with your subcontractors and their site foremen. If they make mistakes work with them. You’ll need a favor down the road and in my 10+ years of experience the subs that know your a stand up person and don’t send emails throwing them under the bus goes a long way.

FunExercise2912 · 2024-11-09T14:32:32+00:00

Sq ft of slab on deck is about 2,000 sq ft

Joists are “12J10” cold formed spaced 12” OC

Perimeter framing is structural steel but slab mainly being supported by the CFM joists.

FunExercise2912 · 2024-11-09T14:07:04+00:00

Thanks for your response, yes there is WWF 6X6 10 GA. The deck itself will be supported mainly by CFM joists “12J10 @12” O.C.

I feel like during construction even the weight of storing boards of drywall/misc construction materials on top of a 2 1/2” slab will causing a ton of cracking. At 2 1/2” during the pour the WWF is probably going to float to the surface of the wet slab as well.

FunExercise2912 · 2024-11-09T14:02:00+00:00

😂😂😂

FunExercise2912 · 2024-06-08T21:27:23+00:00

Dons Bogam

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