AxleHub
Elite Member
I'm confused by this thrwad Brett. In your original post you indicated everything went wrong with your building you had done. But:
1. You really liked the crew that did the cincrete and really liked the crew that did the framing/metal.
2. You liked their work so well that you'd have them doing your building for you.
So then if 1. And 2. Are true . . How could everything about the project be bad?
Here are some other questions:
A. Instead of being the general and hiring these groups . . . why not be in partnetship with them for jobs you find and sell ? That way you have their coopetayion as well as their labor ?
B. Most firemen I know are "on" for a set period of time and then "off" for a period of time. So what do you do if you need to be on the job site (building inspector or problem with concrete or ???) during the period you are unavailable for a couple days ?
C. You've posted that you've "found" these two crews you can work with. But lets be honest . . Your contractor provided them and now you want to steal them away. It may not sound pleasant . . but isn't it true ? You didn't spend time and effort and energy for "finding" anything. My point is . . . You are talking like an employee and not like an employer imo. You gave your cobtractor no credit for his efforts and skills . . Yet he found and had the people you want. ?????
D. I've spent decades working with and helping small and startup businesses. Those who do well ate those who have very realistic time expectations. Those who do poorly are those who think it will be easy to succeed. Here's an example: your scheduling of building times expectations. Weathet makes that schedule unlikely because time schedules get delayed into another person's schedule. So one eeek you can't build and the next week your suppisef to now do 2 jobs (last weeks andbthis weeks) except now you'll be gone being a fireman. Or a guy on the roofing crew gets a dui and another guy on the crew has to bail him out and then "ferry him around".
1. You really liked the crew that did the cincrete and really liked the crew that did the framing/metal.
2. You liked their work so well that you'd have them doing your building for you.
So then if 1. And 2. Are true . . How could everything about the project be bad?
Here are some other questions:
A. Instead of being the general and hiring these groups . . . why not be in partnetship with them for jobs you find and sell ? That way you have their coopetayion as well as their labor ?
B. Most firemen I know are "on" for a set period of time and then "off" for a period of time. So what do you do if you need to be on the job site (building inspector or problem with concrete or ???) during the period you are unavailable for a couple days ?
C. You've posted that you've "found" these two crews you can work with. But lets be honest . . Your contractor provided them and now you want to steal them away. It may not sound pleasant . . but isn't it true ? You didn't spend time and effort and energy for "finding" anything. My point is . . . You are talking like an employee and not like an employer imo. You gave your cobtractor no credit for his efforts and skills . . Yet he found and had the people you want. ?????
D. I've spent decades working with and helping small and startup businesses. Those who do well ate those who have very realistic time expectations. Those who do poorly are those who think it will be easy to succeed. Here's an example: your scheduling of building times expectations. Weathet makes that schedule unlikely because time schedules get delayed into another person's schedule. So one eeek you can't build and the next week your suppisef to now do 2 jobs (last weeks andbthis weeks) except now you'll be gone being a fireman. Or a guy on the roofing crew gets a dui and another guy on the crew has to bail him out and then "ferry him around".