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Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2014 11:58 am
by DNgroundworks
Im always sending our landscape architect here, mainly for info on different jointing methods and materials, epoxy resin? slurry? for flags? really?
Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2014 5:43 pm
by lutonlagerlout
Tony McC wrote:Maybe I should set up a commission scheme for all the jobs that are done using this site as a guide! 
I can hear the lawyers fingers tapping their desks 
credit where its due
PE is the best site on the interweb for hardscaping
same as dan I have had to put architects and council surveyors right thanks to this site
LLL
Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2014 8:07 am
by ambient
finally got sorted with citb and was promised a lot, lad went to college yesterday and came back telling me he thinks he must be an apprentice odd job man ,the course hes been put on is general construction 
nothing to do with groundwork or paving
Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2014 6:55 pm
by lutonlagerlout
generally speaking the college side is 90% elfin safety
which in my youth was called common sense
very little practical is done nowdays, what really pisses me off is the calibre of most of the applicants
we have to pay a 1.5% levy on all turnover over 90 grand
robbery without violence
LLL
Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2014 7:13 pm
by ilovesettsonmondays
I got given an apprentice last week .starts college in a couple of weeks . He will obtain a lot of tickets quickly from what he was showing me.Give him his due he seems keen and he will have a go.150 a week first year.
nothing to do with groundwork or paving