The first is Jerry Day. Every time Jerry sees my wife, he likes to tell her, if she had married him, her name would be Day Day. We call him Big Jerry, Jerry the Clown and a number of other things. I would like to say this, I started pouring concrete when I was 15, I have been doing this for thirty two years and have met a lot of concrete guys. Jerry Day is the best concrete guy I know. He is a master at his trade, whether it is floors or walls, he can do it all and do it great. I am happy he is part of our crew. Jerry showed up last Wednesday. Next is Smitty, who came last Friday. Smitty has been part of this company longer than me and still one of the hardest workers I know. And then there is Feldy, also showed up last Friday. Feldy is one of our newest foreman, hard worker, smart and damn handsome. So we are now a family of eight.
The next big story, 99 yards of concrete this week. That's right, the tides were good and the winds and weather were good. Monday being a holiday, there were no freight ferries, so we poured 22 on Tuesday, 11 on Wednesday, 33 on Thursday and 33 on Friday. So a good week for PVCS. It didn't look like it was off to a good start on Monday though.
Like I said, Monday was Martin Luther King Day, so most of the island had the day off, including quite a bit of the security. Well nobody said anything to us, and we showed up on Monday morning after an hour and a half drive, and we were almost sent home. Apparently there was not enough security to baby sit us. Well the general contractor made some phone calls and got us on the boat. Which upset some of the security because they now had to do extra work. Also, PVCS hired a safety consultant to visit our job sites and advise, well he had his visitor app. in, but because of the holiday, the person who signs in visitors was off, and Skip got sent home. Sorry Skip. We made it to the island safe and sound, and began our day. Now, I like to plan ahead, work smart not hard. By Friday, my whole week was planned out, however, the engineer was not on board with this.
My plan, Monday finish getting my wall ready for a Tuesday pour. Monday and Tuesday, get footings ready for a Wednesday pour. Tuesday and Wednesday get more footings ready for a Thursday pour, and so on. Monday at about 9 am though, I find out my wall that I should be pouring on Tuesday is not correct, not our fault, the drawings are wrong. So now I cannot pour my wall on Tuesday and have nothing else ready to go. If tides, wind, weather and the ferries allow, I need to get concrete on this island though. As usual, my crew did a great job, and we got our Wednesday footing pour, ready for a Tuesday pour. And all week we played catch up, and fixed the issues with my wall and poured that on Thursday. I have more stories, but I think I will post this, and leave those for my next few posts. The next one may be about Wild Bill, his car and his damn hammer.
Ahh... my almost husband Jerry is on the job. Glad to see there is not hostility considering I could have been his wife.
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ReplyDeleteI'm thinking all this snow would stop your productivity and let you relax for the winter.