Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Construction delays due to MELBOURNE CUP?? 5Oct 28, 2009 11:32 am viewtopic.php?f=31&t=22766 - my build thread! Time waits for no man. Unless that man is Chuck Norris. Re: Construction delays due to MELBOURNE CUP?? 8Oct 28, 2009 2:07 pm Forum thread viewtopic.php?f=31&t=22300 Re: Construction delays due to MELBOURNE CUP?? 10Oct 28, 2009 2:54 pm WIth RDO's for the building industry on the Monday and Wednesday before and after Cup day, many contractors also take the Thursday and friday off for the whole week with no work. I guess taking 5 days off (sat through to wed), then working two days before taking another two days off is silly - may as well take off the whole week Blog is now up - http://www.jbdave.blogspot.com/ Re: Construction delays due to MELBOURNE CUP?? 11Oct 28, 2009 5:51 pm I take the entire week off every year. After all, one has to put together the perfect outfit, get hair cut and coloured, a set of acrylic nails, maybe a spray tan, find shoes, handbag and hat to match "the dress".... it's exhausting. And I only go to the Oaks. It would be unfair of me to begrudge it to anyone else. Re: Construction delays due to MELBOURNE CUP?? 12Oct 28, 2009 6:05 pm kek I take the entire week off every year. After all, one has to put together the perfect outfit, get hair cut and coloured, a set of acrylic nails, maybe a spray tan, find shoes, handbag and hat to match "the dress".... it's exhausting. And I only go to the Oaks. It would be unfair of me to begrudge it to anyone else. I'll be thinking of you all with envy. Schools are still open so I'll be toiling. Re: Construction delays due to MELBOURNE CUP?? 13Oct 28, 2009 7:38 pm Maybe the tradies are all busy getting their hair and nails done on Monday? Re: Construction delays due to MELBOURNE CUP?? 14Oct 28, 2009 7:44 pm kek Maybe the tradies are all busy getting their hair and nails done on Monday? nah that would be wednesday so they can get ready for bloakes day on the thursday.. Re: Construction delays due to MELBOURNE CUP?? 15Oct 29, 2009 9:51 am ha ha ha..well said! wakeboardandy kek Maybe the tradies are all busy getting their hair and nails done on Monday? nah that would be wednesday so they can get ready for bloakes day on the thursday.. Re: Construction delays due to MELBOURNE CUP?? 16Oct 29, 2009 10:57 am Tradies can take holidays whenever they like. Have fun building, the further you progress, the longer it seems that no one has worked on your house for weeks. Re: Construction delays due to MELBOURNE CUP?? 17Oct 29, 2009 11:44 am Also it's probably not them just taking time off, they probably have other jobs to do/finish this week and if it wasn't for the cup then they probably wouldn't have started till monday 'A bottle of wine contains more philosophy than all the books in the world.' Louis Pasteur Vegie garden: viewtopic.php?f=19&t=27637&start=0 My Backyard Adventure In fairness nobody gave a crap about the ACCC and the gag clauses continued in the pro forma templates of a few other builders after the ACCC took on Wisdom, and more… 19 73937 While i was across this behavior's pre appointing my (the builders) surveyor, I did tell the builder i was aware what they were doing and while i disagreed with it, they… 13 14651 Just to makea point about this, an approach that some people have found sucessful in negotiating these rises down, Is to provide some workings to the builder, specifying… 4 81878 |