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Originally posted by Rlith
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Being a General contractor I find it amusing how many weigh in on the "weather" delays. In 20 years of running my own construction business, and working "in the weather" every day, I've learned to put language in my contracts that gives me weather days. Specific to wind speeds, my crane will shut off and wind vane at 25 mph wind speed. Specific to rain, OSHA will issue fines for working in wet & slippery conditions, or unprotected electrical cords. Site conditions, heavy equipment tear up any surface moistened by the rain. (Ever tried to move 100 ton crane on a construction site after a little rain?)
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Me, 32 years GC in California. I've seen guys take off with drywal, plywood and Dens-glass Gold. For the life of me I could never figure why they wouldn't let go. Also seen a thousand cars over sprayed with a Graco G-10 and not on a bit of paint on the wall. While here in Hawaii I've seen one guy split a extension cord with a framing/roofing ax saving a uncle with a skil-saw and paint running down walls with a rainbow behind it smiling.
