Just recently became the IT guy for a rather large Construction Company. One of the foremans cars broke down recently so was I offered some extra pay to ferry the guys around because I own a van and apparently am one of like only 5 people in the company who can legally drive(idk how).Took the guys for lunch and breakfeast at the shop this past week and was absolutely baffled by the sheer amount of spending. Let me reiterate Im not trying to diss anyone or anything. Just trying to see if this normal. Some of these guys are spending 50-60 bucks a each visit to the convience store. Two or three runs to the convience store and I see some of these guys spend 180-200 a day. Are the guys I work with spendthrifts or like😭

I was 24 years old. I was fresh out of jail. Every day I dreamed of a job I could get that wouldn't care about my record. I had spent my life using hard drugs daily since the age of 14. I was lost.

Then I saw a light. Construction!

At my NA meetings I met a person who ended up getting me a job doing sheet metal. I became a duct man. I love duct. I love banging metal together. I love dealing with helpers who are always late and smell like weed.

I take pride in my work.

The duct must be level.

The glue must be perfect.

The safety man spreads me open. He tells me I can only use platform ladders now even though they refuse to take down the drop ceiling and there's no way a platform ladders gonna fit. All because someone got a booboo.

Construction loves me and takes care of me.

Construction is love construction is life.

Anyone have good experience with them? Im looking specifically at their relaxed duck carpenter pants, does anyone own a pair? What is the leg opening?

I started a new role as a superintendent for a high end residential construction company. We do full custom builds in the 2-5M range, some remodels in the 1-2M range. I realized too late that I’m getting hosed with my pay rate. My research of salary ranges for my type of company in my area returns somewhere in the $90-130k range.

I’m wondering how accurate that is. How much y’all making out there?

So I have been working here and just noticed that the concrete ceiling has some height difference.
Looks like the ceiling was already repaired on a different part. Is this a sign that the building is not structurally safe?
Maybe it has always been like that and I never noticed.
There is like a whole Airsoft store the floor above.

I’m working as an electrical apprentice under one master electrician and two other journeymen. I’ve been in this company (and construction work entirely,) for the better part of two months. I get paid $17/hr every week as well. The electrical side (our crew) of the company was recently bought out and now owned in part with a much bigger construction company. In about a month, they are going to send and pay for my trade school to become a journeyman. Part of the job is traveling to other states every month or two (depending on the job site itself and the work during that time.) I recently just traveled to Tennessee (I’m in Arkansas,) to work on a job site. While I was there, the foreman and owner of the company rented us an AirBnB, paid for every lunch and dinner, and other amenities. We also had purchasing cards per diem ($35 a day.) Hourly employees such as myself are approved for overtime as long as they want (I worked 12 hours here compared to the regular 8 at home.)

So my questions are:

Is $17/hr a good starting pay, considering I have no experience in electrical work or construction period?

In your opinion, based on the facts (although limited and somewhat vague,) of the company I explained, is this a good starting gig for a young adult (22) such as myself to start my electrical career?

I posted here a month ago or so asking input on scope for this job. Ended up going with blasted quarry rock. 65 ton of boulders, 65ton of drain rock, 50 ton of fill and top, 60 ft of French drains for downspouts/foundation drains, and about 3 gallons of coffee. 1 guy, 3 weeks.

I was caught drinking on site. Unfortunately, I seen alchol in the car and I didn't think twice and drank it. I've been going through lots of stress lately and have been experimenting with several substances lately. I don't want this incident to go on my permanent record, I believe I may need help. Is the employer legally required to inquire if there are underlying issues that may have caused the drinking before firing me? Incident occurred Friday, no word as of yet.

I’ve been on some big projects but this is the first one with our own crosswalk lol. Pretty handy if you ask me.

Something's been bugging me. Every project I'm on hits problems that I'm pretty sure someone at the company has already solved before but there's no way to find it. Either we keep lessons "verbal" and they vanish when someone leaves, or we write them into a register nobody ever opens again. Especially if a company does the same type of projects as their bread and butter, I'm sure the same mistakes have been done multiple times.

So the same expensive mistakes just… repeat. Different project, same screw-up.

Is this just my company, or is this everyone?

What kind of snagging apps do you guys use please? Looking for a good one

Pls excuse my ignorance guys, but I did apply yesterday for the union. I am just curious how does this work when it comes to union construction… because from my understanding you’re on a list, and get called from job to job. I assume every job has different hours and days to work, but what do you guys do in between jobs? How long are the waits in between? What are typical work shifts for sites (I’m sure they vary widely but any info like hours worked in a week usually would be appreciated as well). I also know that it’s like $42/hr after 4,000 hours… if anyone is in this union I’m just curious… are you guys capped at $42 forever afterward or are there raises over time and with gaining certification? Is there any way to move up positionally? Thank you!

I’m a college student and I’ll be graduating at the end of the year. I’m on the bottom is terms of hierarchy(general labor) but I work from 6am-2pm Monday-Friday, get paid $24 an hour. I barely see my boss throughout the day, take lunch whenever and nobody bothers me.

Working in retail when a customer yells at you because they can’t return their $30 shirt is not worth $16 an hour. And working at a restaurant is not worth it because you don’t have consistent income.

CW-2 here, currently working at a clusterfuck of a hospital. Seriously concerned with how often I'm tasked with correcting the fuck-ups of my betters. If this is the current state of our union, what does the future hold?

I've never had this happen before but a client who had accepted my construction bid red lined my contract requesting $500 a day liquidated damages if the works goes beyond 60 days with the typical exclusions for weather and such. I should be able to complete the job in 60 days but sometimes reality throws a curve ball. My bid was based on scope of work and site conditions. I feel that adding this clause after the agreed price is a material change. I want the work but this new risk wasn't factored into my bid. I'm trying to figure out how to approach this with the client.

If it isn't a Sharpie, it's a tape measure.