The Ship’s got a Captain
Finish line!
I can see the end in sight now. The dry liners are in and all trades are superb examples of how to communicate with each other. I have 3 sets of plumbers in. One set are the underfloor and eco specialists; one set are the wet room specialists and one set due to be on site are the Mechanical Ventilation and Heat recovery plumbers. Things will get more complicated when we fit the biomass stove!
There is a bottle-neck at the minute, in that one joiner is on holiday and the other is working flat out but being pushed from pillar to post which is frustrating. I have called for extra back up to help us get the project running more efficiently.
We have an outstanding site manager/foreman, who can turn his hand to anything and works like a Trojan. He oversees the day today workmen and ensures that they have everything they need to enable them to crack on. This is the ship’s captain. What seems to be normal, is that trades drop onto the job, get some of the work done, then disappear off because they can’t progress but then they end up disappearing for too long and preventing the other trades from completing. This takes careful management to ensure that all the small jobs are picked up. My concern is that something that something that appears small, could be over looked. This could have issues later on in the build. People say they will be back to finish but they aren’t and then have to be badgered. We have to stay on top of this, or plaster boards will be going up before the first fix electrics/plumbing/joinery has been fully completed to everyone’s satisfaction.
I think I am adding to this problem by pushing to keep the project moving all the time. It comes back to the age old ‘Time is money!’. I understand where the trades men are coming from but I think they also need to appreciate things from my point of view as well.