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Posted: Sat Dec 21, 2013 7:33 am
by Dave_L
Good on you Tone, we don't have a do, as you say, a bit soulless, bet hey-ho
Posted: Sat Dec 21, 2013 8:32 am
by mickg
I'll put money on it there is a lot of years knowledge sat at that table and good on yer for having a christmas do Tony 
I was talking to a mate of mine yesterday who is a foreman for a medium size roofing company and if your a skilled roofer you get a christmas bonus of £100 and £50 to each of the young lads plus a free night out of as much beer as you can drink including food laid on too so all in its quite a lot of money
last few years they have moaned is that all they are getting with the £100 bonus and not that many have turned up for the christmas do, this year he wants a list of who did not turn up for the do and he is deducting the money from their wages as all this cost comes out of his own pocket and the goodness of his heart
Posted: Sat Dec 21, 2013 10:23 am
by Dave_L
Oooh I can see his point but I don't think deducting monies from their wages is the way forward, one way to piss off a bloke is mess with his wage packet!
Posted: Sat Dec 21, 2013 11:28 am
by lutonlagerlout
my accountant told me years ago better to give bonus than a pay rise
once the pay has gone up it has to stay there,and after a couple of weeks it is forgotten
if you give someone a bonus it is a one off plus it tends to put a smile on their face
we have had a few good tips from customers this year which is nice and leaves happy memories of the job
LLL
Posted: Sat Dec 21, 2013 6:52 pm
by Dave_L
My first venture into timelapse video, been wanting to do it for ages - this one I got the positioning of the camera wrong as we arrived onsite before sunrise - the sun came up and shone directly into the lens of the camera - you live and learn!
Timelapse Concrete Floorslab Pour Video
Posted: Thu Jan 09, 2014 7:06 pm
by GB_Groundworks
we poured concrete early on the friday before xmas, finished by 2pm hit the pub and i paid for everything for me and 3 guys then curry at 11pm was a fun night
Posted: Thu Jan 09, 2014 9:53 pm
by GB_Groundworks
Posted: Thu Jan 09, 2014 10:33 pm
by Dave_L
Jeez.....that driveway is in a mess!!
Posted: Thu Jan 09, 2014 11:06 pm
by GB_Groundworks
The building at the top half finished is a half built swimming pool
Contractors dug it and piled it on top of the slope top loading it. It caused a land slip, they tracked machine on it and tried to pull it back up, under cut the slope and made it worse, they didn't have insurance for that kind of work and it would appear the knowledge so £100k later we are going in to try and sort it out
Posted: Mon Jan 13, 2014 7:21 pm
by lutonlagerlout
nice work giles
you seem to be getting a lot of the reinforced concrete work
commercial work can be a great earner if you get in with the right crowd
LLL
Posted: Sun Jan 19, 2014 1:02 pm
by GB_Groundworks
yep lots of reinforced concrete, gradually getting the hang of it
got a load of internal work on next bathrooms, kitchens and first aid room in factory, then demolish old offices, then new car park, and entrance to the factory
start another job week on monday in oldham slope stabilisatoin etc, ferodo got new budget so we are back there as well so gonna be doing a lot of sheffield > leeds > oldham > chapel en le frith loops
finished the big pit
lid on and sand spread to tidy up a bit and dry the mud up, cooling lads installing unit on the lid,
new wire production line being installed, all fitted ok
saturdays job, 16 bar 6" cast iron sprinkler pipe capping off
job we did last year in may i think, before
now
Posted: Sun Jan 19, 2014 3:51 pm
by lutonlagerlout
very very tidy
LLL
Posted: Sun Jan 19, 2014 8:54 pm
by dig dug dan
how much did your dad end up paying for that kubota there giles, looks brand new:)
