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Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 7:58 pm
by Dave_L
Doing my Street Works Operative and Supervisor training this week - what a lot to take in it is too!
Some of the (drainage) lads doing the course alongside us have no blacktop experience whatsoever, it must be doubly daunting for them - at least subase, base, binder and surface course mean a thing or two to us!
Time for a bit of revision and an early night I think!
Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 9:38 pm
by Rich H
How much does it cost, Dave? Given the amount the council-registered road crews charge for a drop kerb round here I've been thinking about it myself.
Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 9:39 pm
by yourgardenworks.co.uk
Good luck Dave, none of that means a thing to me mind.
Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 6:43 am
by Dave_L
Rich H wrote:How much does it cost, Dave? Given the amount the council-registered road crews charge for a drop kerb round here I've been thinking about it myself.
To be honest I don't know the costings - the course we are on is part of a package. But I guess it must be £150/day or thereabouts?
Drop kerbs Rich? I wouldn't bother, they're a pain in the ass!
What is the going rate around your area?
Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 7:01 am
by Dave_L
Some light reading to do........
Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 10:33 am
by Rich H
Looks like a bestseller, Dave!
For a 3m opening over a 1.2m pavement, about £800, 4m £1000.
Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 6:14 pm
by Dave_L
That's good money Rich........but they're still a pain in the ass!
Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 9:30 pm
by Mikey_C
I know drop kerbs have been discussed before. Obviously things differ down here, with Bournemouth county council. you can apply for planning permission (£45) to drop your curb through them. If it is a standard opening 4.6M they will do it for a fixed price of about £475+vat or £90+vat per kerbstone (916mm) for larger openings/extensions. If you don't want to use the council (they may sub out the work but under there control), you can use any one of the 4 approved contractors which they supply a list of. However the key here is that these approved contractors have to pay license fee for each lowering of approx £250, meaning none of them are interested in doing it because they cant make money. The final option, as far as I can tell from the local developments is that you ignore this entirely, and get you civil engineer/ground works company that are doing the paving for development to do the kerb at the same time and don't bother telling the council at all!
Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 10:25 pm
by bobbi o
475 would only cover the plant,materials and haulage. the council must be run by idiots!
Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2008 5:27 am
by Dave_L
They'd be doing them at a loss!
Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2008 6:35 pm
by Dave_L
Well I passed! What a lot of paperwork! 
Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2008 6:39 pm
by bobbi o
Dave_L wrote:Well I passed! What a lot of paperwork!
everyone passes!
well done for persevering. when the roads man asks for your card,you dont need to scratch your head anymore!
Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2008 7:00 pm
by Dave_L
Well I reckon some people might struggle! There was a LOT of paperwork and form-filling, plus calculations together with the theory of the job.
It certainly helped that I have extensive tarmac layer (down to the sub-grade) experience - whereas some of the lads there hadn't ever touched tarmac.
It'll sort of be nice to get back out on the tools again tomorrow!
Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2008 10:21 pm
by Rich H
Well done Dave.
Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2008 11:03 pm
by Tony McC
We did a digger driver's course back in the 80s. The set-up was that they gave you the multiple-guess test first thing in the morning, then made you watch videos and listen to them waffling on, before taking the test again in the afternoon.
One of the lads with us got 7/10 in the morning. After all day in a poky training room, he got 4/10 in the afternoon! 
