Stupid Taliban

[jeb6294]

The contract I'm working on here consists of a stormwater system, a wastewater treatment plant, and 3 water treatment plants at Bagram. The plants are all probably 95% complete, or perhaps I should say they were....

This is what happens when someone drops a 107mm mortar on a water treatment plant. It happened at 4 in the morning so luckily nobody was there at the time.

 

[Bob Engineer]

that is in war... in happen in all conflict area...

look iraq and afganistan... vanish cause of war between us and their local soldier....

 

[Dleg]

That sucks.

 

[Capt Worley PE]

Oh, that should buff right out.

 

[FLBuff PE]

Two words: duct tape.

 

[ElCid03]

So the Taliban want to rule AFG, but feel that the people are not entitled to safe drinking water? The Karzai Government could have a PR bonanaza with this.

 

[jeb6294]

So the Taliban want to rule AFG, but feel that the people are not entitled to safe drinking water? The Karzai Government could have a PR bonanaza with this.

To be fair, I don't think the Taliban actually targetted this water plant. They don't really aim at anything in particular...they just lean their ordinance up against a rock so it is pointed in the general direction of the base, fire them off, and then run away before the swarm of Apaches shows up.

 

[Road Guy]

how do the contractors factor bombings into liquidated damages?

Well you had 280 days to complete the project or else its $2000 / day LD's?

But we got bombed a few days ago..

Sorry its not covered in the contract...

Stay Safe over there man!

 

[Dleg]

Good question! If these things typically result in a change order, I can see some contractors "renting" a mortar or two.

 

[jeb6294]

Yeah, this is going to be a modification to the contract for additional repair work so it'll be our dime.

We've got a letter that we sent the contractor almost a year ago that that basically says the contractor is responsible for his work until it is accepted. We have to reference it constantly when soldiers joy-riding decide to run over hydrants even after we suggested that they put concrete barriers out. I thought about playing that card just to see what they said, but since I was leaving for R&R that day, I decided against it.