WATCH THE VOLUME AT THE END STUPID TIKTOK CLOSE OUT SOUND !! FIXED
This is so fucking true. It seems the Engineers and Architects either don’t want to do their jobs OR are incapable of doing their jobs and probably a combination of both. DEI has reared its ugly head.
Tik Tok should identify itself with a warning: "At the end of this video there's a noise blast at 150 decibels louder than the preceding volume."
ReplyDeleteI will run it through an editor to get rid of it. Irish. ☘️
DeleteWatch with sound off; read captions.
DeleteWhere I work, it's "We're supposed to be building 12 of these machines a day. How can we make sure they're ready for our customers if we don't have the right computer updates?"
ReplyDelete"Oh, don't worry, we'll fix that in rework."
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My favorite "Instructions to Bidders" began: All pipe is to be constructed of a long hole surrounded by metal.
ReplyDeleteFrom my last job:
ReplyDeleteEngineering walk through;
You need to electrically bond the battery boxes.
Me:
Not on the prints.
Engineer;
All energized components must be bonded to the grounding riser.
Me;
DC doesn’t reference an earth ground.
Engineer:
It provides power, you need to bond it.
Me:
What size grounding electrode?
Engineer:
#4 copper in conduit.
Me:
Battery boxes not fastened in place, contract notes says no drilling outside of prime mover footprint due to imbedded conduits.
Engineer:
Locate boxes to avoid conduits.
Me:
Contract notes says engineering team places battery boxes. You need to scan decks and verify it’s safe to drill, and select anchor type and size.
Building owner.
The other gensets aren’t anchored,
Never mind.
Engineer:
Per latest walkthrough, boxes still not anchored or bonded.
You are in violation of your contract obligations…..
Retired dumbass Civil Engineer here: I can't even tell you how many Friday evenings were ruined over my career trying to get actual work done, because I had to spend so much of my week responding to a blizzard of contractor RFI by holding their hand and leading them through specific plan, detail and specification sections that they supposedly were familiar enough with to bid the project, but were suddenly dumbfounded by when it came time to build it.
ReplyDeleteUntil it Ain't
ReplyDeleteI was the manager of a app. 8,000 sq. ft. building project at Redstone Arsenal years ago. One of the bid requirements was that the building be built to be "soundproof". This was to prevent electronic listening devices from penetrating the walls, doors, and roof. Keep in as the contractor, we had to provide data on construction methods, types of doors/frames, etc. showing sound transmission class ratings, etc. with our proposal. Several weeks after winning the contract, my government POC calls me up and asks me to estimate a price to add thirty-one windows to the building. I threw out a hyper-inflated number. They approved the modification, and their building was no longer soundproof. Once again, our tax dollars hard at work.
ReplyDeleteI'm guessing POC is Point Of Contact, not Person Of Color?
ReplyDeleteOur Navy building wherein there was no-kidding Secret stuff had all the windows replaced with bricks to prevent the Rooskies from listening in. We were told our guys had sat in a van a quarter-mile away in town and recorded conversations happening in interior rooms. I'm sure those 31 windows were a security improvement.