A laugh for the day

[Zylumn]

The City of Calgary probably pays out 90% of the road contractors job when they start it and the final 10% when it is completed.

[Delphinus]

I'm sure of it. It might not be that skewed but I do think they have a payment milestone unbalance. There's way more projects than there are crews to work on them. It drives me nuts to have all these construction zones and not a single soul working on them.

[Slipstream]

You think its bad there?.. Constuction in Vancouver is double that in Calgary.

[Der_Iron_Chef]

Originally Posted by marie

If you actually stop at a yellow light, you will be rear ended, cussed out, and possibly shot.

Hah! So true.

Originally Posted by Slipstream

You think its bad there?.. Constuction in Vancouver is double that in Calgary.

I doubt that. We only have two seasons here: summer and construction.

[skylord]

My favorite.....they start paving a road and before they get done there are at least 3 crews following them digging holes and putting patches in so we don't get used to having roads without potholes.

Scott

[Murminator]

Yup all sounds about right except this one

6. If you are looking for work, look no further. Average wage is $15.60/hour.

Wouldn't even walk through the door for that, I think thats lower than minimum wage Tim Hortons pays higher than that.

[Delphinus]

I'm sure it's pretty bad for construction in Vancouver right now too. 2010 is coming after all. It's one of the reasons it's hard to find good trades right now - a good deal of them have moved west.

Although I'm specifically referring to the sheer number of projects that are started but don't have people working on them. Like, literally, you've got the road ripped up and traffic cones down to one lane .. maybe some machinery parked around ... maybe the occasional tumbleweed passes by. And not a single person working, except for maybe the dudes with the speed traps. I dunno maybe that is standard operating practise everywhere.