Today, boss tells me that we’re going to dial down our hours back to a normal schedule – around 46 hours a week. Says we’re getting worn down. That was enough to get me out of the funk I’ve been in lately. . .
. . . And get me back to thinking about how to do the job more efficiently. 😉
So – I’m not sure if this is a universal requirement or a regional thing, but all our jobsites have to be protected by safety fence. We typically use orange safety fence with steel t-posts, which is a quick install but a maintenance nightmare.
Access for large vehicles is problematic, so we are constantly finding torn fencing and twisted posts after concrete, lumber delivery, etc. We have an exceptionally large site that is a restoration project (2 acres), and the fencing is an albatross. I have to put an hour or two a week just into repairing fencing, just on that site – nevermind our other four current sites.
I’ve come up with a couple of bright ideas to try and address this time-waster, but they’re more expensive in terms of materials.
Uh, what do the rest of you do?
Edit: Like, coming up with these things isn’t part of my job – right – but that’s just the kind of guy I am. I’m just a labourer with an active mind.
Edited 3/24/2009 9:34 pm ET by Biff_Loman
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That same fencing setup is used on many of the jobs I find myself on. They're just problematic and that's all there is to it. Wind gusts seem to take them down no matter how many sandbags we pile on the T (turn that T upside down), and many of the delivery people and large machine operators just push the fence out of their way and leave it for someone else to put it back like it was. It's just part of the construction site drama that plays out every day. I've come to terms with it.
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If is a long term/large job, what about geting some cattle gates for access and snow fencing the perimeter/
Mike