In last month's article, I dealt with the white-collar segment of construction industry theft represented by embezzlement. Now, let's turn our attention to the more common problems associated with the theft of tools, equipment and materials, which can be thought of as construction's "blue collar" crime wave.
Rarely do you find anyone in the construction business who hasn't been victimized by "shrinkage" of tools, equipment and inventory. Most estimates peg construction theft to be a $1 billion "industry." Pilferage is estimated to add a percentage point or two to the cost of new homes and small commercial buildings.
I live in France and have found it very difficult to find a person who does plastering. I have been back to England to buy the materials, as the man I found to do the work said he cannot work with the lime-based products available here.
I learned that nothing sends a person into a tailspin quicker than feeling he is not valued or respected. I believe people have an interior dialogue going on in their head, causing them to react the same way each time they are hurt.
Gypsum board systems can either be non-rated or rated for fire, sound or shear resistance. The joint tolerances in gypsum board systems rated for fire, sound or shear resistance need to be tighter than the joint tolerances in non-rated systems.
Last year, our parent company BNP Media began a recycling initiative with two separate bins placed next to printers-one bin is for paper; the other for cardboard. It took awhile for all of us to start employing the service.
EIFS is a pretty amazing product and there are zillions of examples of things that have been done with it that are ingenious and that go far past the original intended use of EIFS as a wall cladding. There are also lots of sad stories of pushing EIFS way past its limits, with all sorts of poor outcomes and happy lawyers.
It was your average evening. The kids had been fed, their homework was finished and the wife was busy relaxing. I turned on my computer to check out what new topic was being bantered about on the W&C message board.
"Who am I? Why am I here?" The words uttered by Ross Perot's running mate Admiral James Stockdale, in his opening statements of the 1992 Vice Presidential debate. These words seem appropriate to use for my first column. Allow me to introduce myself.
This month, we'll conclude this series with a review of the significant advancements in soy-based resin binder technology with a look at PureBond-a new line of formaldehyde-free hardwood plywood panels from the largest producer of decorative interior panels in the United States, Columbia Forest Products.
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