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A place for construction professionals to discuss the industry. Anybody working in this field is welcome! Carpentry, concrete, steel, plumbing, HVAC, electrical, landscaping, equipment operators, etc.

Those with DIY or homeowner-type questions should use the relevant subreddits such as /r/AskContractors, /r/DIY or /r/Homeowners.

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A subreddit for construction industry professionals.

If you are a homeowner with questions about a home improvement project, please visit /r/homeowners or /r/HomeImprovement This is a subreddit for trade professionals.

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Sad

2 Comments
2024/03/14
06:08 UTC

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My project from the drone. Two warehouses of six. 6,000 of 30,000 sq.m.

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2024/03/14
05:44 UTC

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Career change advice needed: IT PM to Construction PM

Hey everyone. So I just turned 40 and am currently an IT project manager for NIH but I need to get out of IT. It's just not a good fit for me sitting in front of a screen remotely all day working with everyone else on my team also sitting in front of a screen to, ultimately, produce a software application that is used on a screen.

I've done a lot of research and I want to move into the construction industry but I have no construction background or a related degree. I take care of 5 people, so I can afford a bit of a pay cut but not back down to right-out-of-college entry level (note: currently live in the DC area).

I'm looking at getting certificates since going to college again isn't an option. Need some advice on how to move forward.

Here's a link to my LinkedIn page of it helps to understand my situation overall. Thanks.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/karimbaz

0 Comments
2024/03/14
04:40 UTC

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Have you ever worked someone so hard?

9 Comments
2024/03/14
04:26 UTC

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Should I push myself to obtain a degree in civil engineering as opposed to just construction management?

Hello, I am hoping to one day become a superintended or project manager and whatnot. I notice that in past posts the consensus is that the engineering degree is generally more versatile than the CM degree. However, I have no interest in engineering. I do have an interest in construction and the business/overseeing aspect of it.

With that in mind I feel like choosing a degree in construction management is a no brainer, but if civil engineering is truly THAT much better then I would like some reasonings as to why. I am really young and trying to get through a skilled trade that I like in order to get that required experience that most management jobs want, but I know I will not want to be doing that by the time I am in my mid 30s, hence the reason I am obtaining a bachelor's degree sooner than later.

1 Comment
2024/03/14
04:20 UTC

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Painting

Can you paint over semi gloss paint with an eggshell sheen directly or do you need to do some kind of prep work?

0 Comments
2024/03/14
04:13 UTC

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Promoted but screwed

I really was hoping I wouldn't make a post like this but here I am today. I just got promoted from a carpenter to a project manager for a well known and wealthy company that I've been with for a year and some change. TBH, I'm really pissed since I received a raise of just $1.38 per hour. Yet I'm salary now, which means it's required for me to work. However, much is necessary to get the job done.

No, I wasn't making a killing as a carpenter. I honestly was well underpaid then for my skill set. I got a stellar review this year, and I was hoping for a lot more than a small raise. Do the project managers really get this shafted?

8 Comments
2024/03/14
03:51 UTC

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Unlicensed electrician

I hired a general contractor and they hired an unlicensed electrician. There’s currently an L&I investigation and they’re asking if I would be responsible for hiring the electrician vs them so they won’t be fined. What are the risks if I take on this responsibility as a homeowner? Will I be fined? The electrical permits have all been passed as well. Will the department of construction inspectors need to re check wiring with a licensed electrician even though it’s already passed inspection?

2 Comments
2024/03/14
03:14 UTC

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Can you please help me identify these tools new to this.

45 Comments
2024/03/14
02:50 UTC

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The manliest baskets.

10 Comments
2024/03/14
02:21 UTC

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The Heat Is Coming

It's going to be heating up before we know it. In fact, last week in Houston it already started to break into the 80s. What stories would you tell to convince someone to take hydration seriously?

0 Comments
2024/03/14
02:01 UTC

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Subcontractor bunkrupt! Mom is out $22,000?

So my mom and her husband are having a house built. They are paying a contractor to build this house and he is sub contracting out the work, as you do.

Today, my mother called me in a huff because the cabinet making company the builder contracted has filed for bankruptcy. The builder has told her she’s on the hook for it, and is now down $22,000 dollars.

I feel like this couldn’t possibly be right. Not that I’m suggesting this is the case, but what if the builder just picked one of his buddies businesses he knew was on shaky legs instead of a reliable professional cabinet maker? Who’s to say that money even made it to the sub contractor? It just seems that in order to avoid a variety of bad situations like this, the builder would be legally required to provide the service he is being contracted to perform.

Any guidance would be greatly appreciated.

50 Comments
2024/03/14
01:13 UTC

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It doesn't look so horrible once framed on.

4 Comments
2024/03/14
01:02 UTC

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Career options for a CM degree student?

Hey everyone, im gonna be a senior graduation with a bachelors in CM next year, and I wanted to know what other career paths are available for CM students?

PE/PM route in a GC is pretty much what everyone gets into, but I wanted to hear if anyone had had experience going into something else? Maybe consulting, working owner side, or maybe some more niche sides like building data centers and whatnot.

It’s not that I don’t want to work at a GC, I just want to know what else is out there.

I’d love to hear from everyone’s experiences

Thanks

3 Comments
2024/03/14
00:47 UTC

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I was told I should share this here too.

0 Comments
2024/03/14
00:47 UTC

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18 gauge vs 23 gauge dewalt nailers .

So I'm about to put 1000ft worth of chamfer on my concrete forms tomorrow and I needa know which gauge I should go with . What do you guys think?

3 Comments
2024/03/14
00:46 UTC

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Bad home builders

New home build, Calgary alberta. Inside garage and drywalled over. Master bedroom above this ceiling. Lady of house complaing its too cold. Any thoughts about this issue.

34 Comments
2024/03/14
00:38 UTC

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Sherwin Williams macropoxy

2 Comments
2024/03/14
00:20 UTC

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Building houses for rich people and having nothing to show for it

I have helped build 10 houses as a carpenter doing the majority of the work on a lot of them and have nothing at all to show for it, just made enough to pay for food tax , rent and bills and the odd expense. and they still have their new houses and the way prices have gone up in Sydney have pretty much got a free renovation/build over that years, how to stay motivated when this has happened?

86 Comments
2024/03/14
00:16 UTC

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How could I make this shape so it can turn into a box and also a straight stack?

Imagine you those are panels of wood and you have to put hinges on them so it can make a box and also fold into a straight stack. You can align the squares however they just have to make a box and a stack. The hinges can fold in and out unlike a door which can only go one direction.

3 Comments
2024/03/14
00:15 UTC

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For the electricians. I always hear y’all talking shit about the painters putting plates back on, this paperhanger gonna leave yall with this

65 Comments
2024/03/13
23:45 UTC

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Oopsies

Hydraulic line blew on our brand new asphalt. That's gonna be a costly spill

0 Comments
2024/03/13
23:42 UTC

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how can i work directly with big builders like dr horton , lennar etc..as subcontractor ?

Hi, i am a subcontractor working on siding. i usually work for gc

but its been very slow recently and i am trying to find a job.

i been driving by like new development projects and there is lot of siding materials just sitting down there.

what i did was, stopped by at the office and asked them, but they are saying i need to get in touch with the purchasing manager. i tried to call her multiple times and never call me back or no answer.

is there any other way i can work directly with those big builders get some siding jobs as a subcontractor?

8 Comments
2024/03/13
23:17 UTC

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A Kickstarter for really, really, really compulsive foremen.

You know you want it. You can just imagine labeling EVERYTHING. So nobody would have an excuse for getting away with anything! After all, it was right there in the QRcode!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/reekon/p1-l-tagger-printer-label-everything-on-the-job-site

1 Comment
2024/03/13
22:59 UTC

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