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Post by ozleroy on Nov 10, 2009 5:59:08 GMT -5
hi , any of you guys at your plants start jobs LATE AFTERNOON when we all feel like going home?
We have some contractors here that must get out of bed late , dig foundations and then want conk poured when sun is SETTING!!!
Any tales so i can tell my workmates here in oz
cheers
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Post by BillyCement on Nov 10, 2009 16:23:12 GMT -5
Yeah, we had a lot of highway work that didn't start till after 3PM sometimes. Big yardage, too. Sometimes I didn't get home until after 7PM. But, that ended a few weeks ago.
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Post by cfconcrete on Nov 13, 2009 23:06:59 GMT -5
At this rate, I'll take any work that they give out.
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Post by booger on Nov 15, 2009 19:49:56 GMT -5
Not so much these days because the company really tries to discourage contractors who think the last thing they should do before calling it quits is pouring concrete. Back in the 'glory years' as I prefer calling them, you never wanted to make evening plans that depended on getting off at a decent hour. Fridays were the absolute worst. We even had nick names for the worst offenders such as 'Three O'clock Tony', 'Over Time Orville', 'All Night Albert', and 'Leonard Late Load'. To name a few.
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Post by Mort on Nov 16, 2009 15:12:47 GMT -5
Years ago we apparently had a guy nicknamed Mark in the Dark, and not for the usual reason. He loved pouring with flashlights.
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Post by liljoe on Nov 22, 2009 14:09:22 GMT -5
We used to have a customer named "WD Concrete." They were a foundation company.
We called them "Wait til Dark Concrete."
Never started pouring until 7-8 p.m., on a 5-6 p.m. O/J time.
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Post by dolese203653 on Dec 24, 2009 23:51:47 GMT -5
Our plant, Midtown Batch is running a second shift just for one customer.Berkel Drilling out of Kansas is pouring Phase 1 of the new Devon Oil Co. headquarters in Oklahoma City. It is a 50 story building that requires over 1000 retaining wall piers around the perimeter so the dirt doesnt cave in. They drill from 9AM till the noise ordinances kick in at 1130PM.
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Post by munkey on Dec 26, 2009 16:38:57 GMT -5
hi , any of you guys at your plants start jobs LATE AFTERNOON when we all feel like going home? Yeah we still pour at knock off time but usally have some warning. I thought it was law that pier holes had to be filled asap so people cant fall down them?.. i know some guy died trying to retive his dog that fell in one. I do night pours a couple of times a week in the city. roadworks mainly. its good money |
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Post by Mort on Dec 28, 2009 13:52:19 GMT -5
Are you guys down in Oz as litigious as we are in America? If so, I can see that being true. I just assumed that drill shafts need to be filled ASAP so the sides don't cave in.
Actually, now that I think about it, the first time I ever hauled Shotcrete was late in the evening. You can imagine the look on my face at 7:30pm when lunchtime was a LONG time ago and the guy on the pump tells me he has to chip his hopper out and needs my hose. I asked him if I could fill a bucket of water for him, but nooooooooo...
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