Are you sure that was on the plans?

[Road Guy]

Thats got to be one of my favorite lines in our proffession!

 

[Fluvial]

I like "Oh, they'll work it out in the field ... "

 

[Capt Worley PE]

I like, "Are you sure they weren't signed? Could you check again?" I mean, I pretty much can tell when there is no signature and date over a seal.

 

[cement]

"this is the way I've always done it"

 

[cement]

...then you have been doing it wrong for a long time

 

[RIP - VTEnviro]

"We can do it, but it's gonna be an extra."

 

[Ble_PE]

"this is the way I've always done it"

We get that from construction almost every week. That and "Do we really have to do what you have on the drawings?" No, of course not, those are only suggestions.

 

[MonteBiker]

This is why I always include the note "Hammer to fit. Paint to match." on all of my drawings....

 

[RIP - VTEnviro]

Me: Why doesn't this product match the requirements of the applicable specs?

Contractor: There are specs on this project?

 

[Dexman1349]

Me: Why doesn't this product match the requirements of the applicable specs?Contractor: There are specs on this project?

Working on a big project where this has become the recurring theme, despite the fact I have personally given them several copies...

 

[FLBuff PE]

Working on a big project where this has become the recurring theme, despite the fact I have personally given them several copies...

We never recieved the supposed copies...

 

[cement]

Contractor: your inspector watched me do it and said nothing

Me: then he didn't tell you to do it wrong

 

[RIP - VTEnviro]

1. The asphalt truck showed up an hour early, we had to put it down before your inspector showed up or we'd lose the batch.

2. Here's the one I always liked hearing this time of year, when earthwork season starts to wind down in the Northeast..."Don't worry...we'll dress that up when we come back in the spring."

 

[Supe]

"What do you mean you can't weld it?"

"It's Chinese/Japanese, and has no UNS number or ASTM spec or any equivalent. We can't weld it by code."

"But it's practically the same thing!"

 

[Capt Worley PE]

We've always done it this way!

 

[RIP - VTEnviro]

Me: You guys might wanna button up your silt fence and check your erosion controls before that storm hits. The DEC isn't gonna be happy if you have pea soup running off your site.

Contractor: Oh, well it's supposed to rain tomorrow, so we won't be on site. We'll look into it once its dry enough to get our equipment back there.

 

[EM_PS]

"That's not what the modified curb pay item was on the other project"

- this after half a business subdivision had been curb machined to a back of curb elev for a curb w/ a radically diff flowline elev, completely making the gravel CL grade undermet

 

[csb]

"We'll just get that in a change order."

"Well, the spec wasn't like that 20 years ago when we built this thing."

 

[Supe]

"Honestly, I have no idea what that spec says. It's trickled down over the years, and we never really paid attention to it."

 

[RIP - VTEnviro]

I coulda sworn we called your office before we buried the pipe...