Archive for August, 2007

New Orleans Public Bats Last

Monday, August 20th, 2007

If you haven’t read this issue of Time, either on-line or in print, you should. In particular, the on-line Special Report is a veritable cesspool of what’s wrong with all too many building projects in the United States. It’s a litany of how

Money
Political connections
Influence

have more influence over construction than the public good. Rick Stengal, Times [...]

Foundations and Rot and Leaks — Oh My!

Tuesday, August 14th, 2007

It’s been all about foundations, rot and leaks the last few weeks. Right now I’m finishing up an in-wall plumbing leak that trashed a poor lady’s dry wall. Luckily I got to the problem before it rotted out the floor beneath her tub.
Which resembles another job I submitted an estimate for last week. The [...]


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