All of a sudden
when I reply to an incoming message, after hitting send the message I have
replied to disappears? Anyone?
Thanks,
Leland
In a
message dated 8/15/2002 6:19:25 AM Pacific Daylight Time, [log in to unmask]
writes:
In Manhattan the cost is usually substantially
greater
In Manhattan, at least on preservation and maintenance
jobs, we get all of our sand in bags. Cost $3.00 - $20.00 per bag (higher cost
depending on the need to match historic aggregates). Easier to move sand when
it is in bags than loose. Logistics is the large factor. A pile of sand loose
not only attracts cats, but it gets pushed around and would need to be loaded
into 5 gallon buckets in most cases to get it to where it needs to be used.
Easier and cheaper on labor to get it in a bag to begin with. We also use the
sand bags to fill with debris.
One time in Manhattan I bought sand
loose and that was one time too many.
Getting debris out of a building
site can be a problem in itself. Right now we are doing a project on the upper
East side where we cannot have containers, the debris needs to be removed,
down the wall via hoist, then from a small courtyard and through the "music"
room then up a narrow ramp to the sidewalk. Then, not being able to have mini
(1 yd) containers on the site, we load it directly into the carting truck.
Much easier to handle the material once it has been bagged, which occurs up
top of the parapet wall that we are working on.
On another note: minor
crisis of the week was when the guy with the Land Rover pushed the portable
toilet we have on the street out of his way for parking. He pushed it a few
feet past the property line. The crisis was the neighbor complaining that we
were on their property. Our suspicion is that our client demanded the portable
toilet, rather then letting the crew use the perfectly good toilet inside, in
order to get back at their neighbors.
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