Preparations

     So I am calling this day one, but understand, PVC has already spent month preparing for this job. Countless man hours pricing the job, hiring subs, such as the rebar fabricator, the concrete supplier and researching transportation over water, which is still a little vague! There has been multiple trips out to Plum Island, pre-con meetings, getting our badges, which are needed to get on and off the government ferry, which gets us on and off the island. No badge, no work. So, I am calling this day one because I am making preparations all day today, so we can start working on the island tomorrow.

     Preparations means, getting all my supplies and tools from my pick-up to my trailer. Preparation also means shopping.

I am on an island with nothing on it, the only way off the island is a ferry ride, not easy to get to the local hardware or lumber store. Getting vehicles on and off the is also a little more difficult than getting people on and off the island. Preparation is the key to this job being successful.

Marcelino, our yard foreman and I spent the day preparing for our trip out tomorrow. Marcelino and I will be going out tomorrow ourselves, me bringing my truck and trailer, him bringing a flatbed full of materials. Our day begins at 5am with a drive to New London, to get on the 7:30 cross sound ferry. From there to Orient point to get off one ferry, and on another. Orient point to the island, to unload, and attend meetings.