@bstrand?ÿ
That depends on amount of time and if they are an A, B, or C client.
Do you compensate them for wasted time if they caught a mistake that disrupts their schedule. ?ÿRelationships are important in business.
This.?ÿ It builds a lot of relationship capital if you respond with something like this, "Hey, looks like everything is okay here, but I'm glad you called.?ÿ I always want to know if something seems out of whack."?ÿ And a lot of times, whoever called you out will be a bit sheepish afterward for misreading a grade rod or stake, or misinterpreting the plans, etc.?ÿ Make a friend, you just might need him.
I agree with this. Unfortunately there is the possibility of some clients taking advantage and wasting a bunch of your time, but I personally would rather someone call in if they think something is wrong. I had this happen with an excavator that must have misread his rod and he was really sheepish when I came and checked the grade for him and confirmed our cut stake was right. I said it's better we check if their is any question. Next time he'll probably double check his measurement before he calls our office but if there was a charge for that visit they might be scared to ask again and maybe we do make a mistake and then concrete is poured.?ÿ
In the residential construction we do with mostly experienced builders we don't get a lot of calls questioning our work. So if we do we take it seriously, just in case.?ÿ
@rover83?ÿ
Additionally,?ÿ when you show up to stake the critical needed TBC for the curb machine, and they're not even done with the compaction and certification of the Subgrade, just stake the junk, show them why they're not ready, and bill them for the time they used, and don't come back the next day because you're already scheduled elsewhere for other clients and let them know, this isn't the 90s and you're important and needed by clients that are ready and waiting.
There is nothing worse than putting 4' offsets they asked for in loose piles of excavated dirt or weeds.
Huh, I thought this was standard operating procedure. ????ÿ
I don't let anything get in the way of good time staking on concrete, road base, subgrade or sharp dry clay in shards along the spoils piles.
SO guys wear them, so they can't be all that bad.... ?????ÿ
Kneeling on a bunch of goatheads would almost make me wear those.?ÿ Almost.
@bstrand?ÿ
Absolutely charge for it.?ÿ But most of the time I've gotten, "since you're here, can you layout......"?ÿ
I suspect that it's sometimes a way to get us out there ASAP.
Can't remember the last time my knees were on the ground.?ÿ Simply is not what I do.?ÿ Ever.
The first thing to go on a pair of jeans for me is the left knee.?ÿ I can go down on the right knee, but I have to think hard about it.
Kneepads. I use them routinely. I do not wait until I know I will be kneeling. I put them on if I might. I was having trouble with sore knees a few years ago and went to them. Knee trouble cleared up fast.?ÿ Now I won't go to the field without them handy. And not wearing the knees out of my pants is a side benefit. So get over the sophomoric jokes.?ÿ
@flga-2-2 I had to robots ran over by concrete trucks in two months, both in spots that should have been safe.
Kneepads. I use them routinely. I do not wait until I know I will be kneeling. I put them on if I might. I was having trouble with sore knees a few years ago and went to them. Knee trouble cleared up fast.?ÿ Now I won't go to the field without them handy. And not wearing the knees out of my pants is a side benefit. So get over the sophomoric jokes.?ÿ
Distance runner here. I put em on when I'm going out to do yardwork, regardless of the specific task. I'm not quite 40, make fun of me all you want.
?ÿ
I don't let anything get in the way of good time staking on concrete, road base, subgrade or sharp dry clay in shards along the spoils piles.
Punching through and digging out pavement for a centerline monument.?ÿ
There is more than one way to skin a cat.?ÿ One involves kneeling.?ÿ Others don't.