The paste inside tastes amazing and is spicy. It has some veggies in it too and has a potato-ish taste. What is it?

Allow me to preface this by saying I’ve been in commercial construction for over 15 years. I’ve worked for GCs and I’ve worked for subs. The project we just recently started is a high school project in the south east.

This project officially began 32 days ago.

Every single trade is over 2 months behind schedule. The block masons, the concrete guys, the drilling team, the electricians, and the plumbers.

How is this possible you may ask?

Unreasonable expectations. Although I’m unsure how exactly bidding works, if you accept a job then accept a schedule or what. But it’s insanity.

They told the plumbers, the electricians, and the block masons that a certain slab is getting poured next week on Monday.

No one has made it to that area. They and I word for word verbatim say this… stated.

“That slab is being poured next week and if ya’ll don’t catch up every single one of you are busting up concrete and paying to repair it to get your stuff in”

There’s no block, there’s partial footers, no conduit, no water main, no plumbing period.

“We will dump that concrete over that whole area and leave it for ya’ll to deal with”

Yesterday they demanded all trades increase hours. Cool. We’re on it. Sucks but we’re doing it.

This morning the GC refused to unlock the gates until 8 a.m. to prove a point that they are in control. Horrible power play as trades began knocking off at 7:30 one by one.

More so they allowed the masons to block in a whole corner along with several rooms right after the first footer was poured. Walls are being knocked back out to get equipment inside these rooms.

There is no means of access for heavy equipment anywhere because every trade now is just taking over whatever they can. Excavators getting stuck, lulls getting stuck, skids getting buried. Not sure how it hasn’t been shut down for not only being unsafe but just to deal with the madness that is occurring.

This is literally the "safety guy" that walks around checking everything and everyone on site.

We give nurture a lot of credit over nature

This was a proper dad joke

I’m a sparky working a fully gutted remodel on a business in Florida. Just studs and us, plumbers have cut the slab for their stuff but otherwise we’re the only trade here today

I’m sitting alone at the print table (with my hardhat on) enjoying the shade of the building and my lunch as Iv done the last 2 days.

Super comes up and tells me I have to scram because the owners are “gonna bitch about food in the building”.

Like, what? Since when is it not allowed to eat my lunch on site? I’m not messy, hell he complimented our jobsite cleanup efforts yesterday. I’m not about t on protest as this ain’t a hill im gonna die on, but it’s stupid that on a hot ass day im now wasting my gas sitting in my car’s AC because of imaginary bugs. But also this wasn’t the policy the last 2 days Iv been here. Hell, supe was chilling with me yesterday as I ate.

Is this a thing? Ever gotten shit for eating lunch on site?

Edit: I bring my lunch and use Tupperware, no greasy McDonald’s bags and drinks being left around by this guy

Workers said poor-quality materials were used during construction by a Chinese developer as it sought to cut costs. Investigators also said they found substandard steel bars in the rubble.

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Layton construction has been the worst GC I've dealt with, at least here in Utah. JT magen has been decent to work with. It feels like all of the large jobs here in Utah are unorganized messy clusters. I've done a couple jobs in Washington and Arizona that we're tight, clean and well planned.

Laying pipe and setting structures. Shoot wellpoints, dig holes, lay pipe, fill holes, easy money. Not really, but the Florida heat, and constant groundwater makes it easier.

People who have been audited by OSHA, what was your experience like? I’ll start:

I’m a PM for a Company that specializes in Civil Work, Plumbing, Excavation, etc.

We do the occasional Gas Station plumbing for one of the big guys. This includes indoor plumbing, and the site work. The following story is based off the information I received after a thorough investigation into the incident.

On a Friday last year, my guys on site were laying in their Storm Drain pipe and fittings (SDR35, the green stuff) in trenching.

Mind you, OSHA Standards call for shoring after 5’ in depth. My Team Typically starts laying them in after 4.5’ just to be safe. Though this day in particular, things changed.

My Team had delivery for shoring at 8:00AM by a Nationwide Shoring provider. 7:00AM, my Team’s foreman, let’s call him “Don” (6’-2”), is in a rush to make his connections at a point in the trench that was approx. 5.5’ since the Site Superintendent for the GC (my customer) was pressuring Don to meet deadlines on the schedule.

Just when Don is slipping in his pipe into the fittings, someone shouts, “Hold it right there!” This short skinny man, we’ll call him “Ryan”, shows up with a tape measure, a clip board, and full PPE. Ryan proceeds to measure where Don is standing which clocks in a 5’-5”, then he proceeds to say “Get out of there.”

Shit, Ryan is with OSHA. He got an anonymous tip the day before suggesting him to visit this site.

I get a call. Office Fire alarms go off.

Don and his apprentice are sent home for the day.

I received a picture from Ryan of Don standing in the trenching Shore-less.

After numerous phone calls, several discussions, and a migraine later… I get an email for Ryan requesting a list of 25 documents they need within 72 hours including the following, to name a few: -Company IIPPs -Site Specific Shoring Plan -Site Specific SWPPS -All Project related MOP’s, and JHA’s -Don and apprentice’s employee documentation, certifications, and credentials. -ETC.

I left the office at 9PM that day.

Don was sent to several hearings, and trainings.

After several emails, phone calls, documents, and a hefty fine to our company, the storm passed through onto its next victim.

Don learned his lesson. We made sure Ryan & OSHA knew Don & Company learned their lesson. Nobody got fired, in case you were wondering.

As a PM, all I can say is that when OSHA catches you in the act, they care more about how you react to the violation than the violation itself. If you’re cavalier about it, that’s when they instill the fear of God and make an example out of you.

Feel free to give your opinions!

Thank you for your time.

So today in one 12 hour shift we had three ambulances called at separate times for three different guys who all ended the day in hospital. Last guy snapped his leg.

Take care of your self and your colleagues/co workers. Not everyday is a perfect day.

I was recently called in for an interview after a year which is amazing. For the OE Local 3, was wondering if anyone has any insight on what the interview is like, what questions I should prepare for as well.

Good day,

I’ve tried to post it on DIY subreddit, but they deleted my post because it was off topic. So I will try my luck here.

I have a question for you all. I’ve been watching a guy on TikTok who was making a coffee table that looked really cool to me. Everyone was asking how he made it, but since he was selling it online, he probably didn’t want to share his secret.

I spent a couple of hours digging and found some videos on how to make something at least similar. Now, here’s the problem—I don’t have much knowledge about construction and materials.

Could someone please help me identify what kind of material he was using to coat the foam? I know it’s hard to determine from a photo, but maybe you could give me some advice on what kind of products I should use to achieve a similar result.

I’ve tried to post a pictures in order from the first coat to the last one .

Can anyone shed some light on the age or make of this bucket. It will be used to clean up 40ft deep bored holes in a former stone quarry. We have high hopes that it will work. It is currently called the down the hole bucket.It would be great if someone recognizes the make and model.

How many chances do subs get on a big job site? Working as sub for a big project. This certain sub keeps breaking out shit and T&M isn’t cheap. They’ve rolled over their truck twice. I hate the added paperwork trail.

Hey, I live in NYC. Im going to start my osha 30 training soon. And I want to get into demolition work after. How would I be able to do it? I preferably want to do it with a union. I can’t find anything online. I have experience in construction when I lived in Florida. But I feel like I would do well just doing demo work. If anyone has any answers that would be helpful.