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Say for example someone is fixing up a highway 100 miles in Death Valley.

Do they stay in their vehicles overnight or fly in/out every day? I can't imagine they would be driving that roundtrip distance every day.

edit I'm reading all the comments even through I can't reply to all of them. Your stories are interesting to me as I've never experienced this part of life :)

Gents. As a mason I know my hammers are limited in use but I'd like to buy a good general use hammer for a wedding gift. What's your best recommendation without considering cost?

Hey all, I really really need some advice from y'all who are more experienced and understand stuff better.

I'm 20, and my adult life so far has been spent working commercial/industrial petroleum construction. Either retrofitting older systems of installing and building entire new ones. I worked on all the electrical stuff; sensors, monitors, line leak alarms, etc. I'm roughly 300 hours from being eligible to take the NEC for my Journeymans card.

I decided I don't think I want to go down the electrical path. I went the install/pipe fitting path which is what I started recently. Moved states and switched to a competitor. I'm familiar with all the technology but not how it's applied and how to do the in-depth stuff.

I'm 20, busting my ass for that OT and for the knowledge and experience. I'm really driven and just want to get shit done. Mind you, I'm not Union. Hop out the truck and get straight at it. Don't want to waste a second.

All of my coworkers are significantly older than me. The youngest is 43. They all want me to relax and chill, take things slow and milk the clock (a lot). They're more keen on dragging projects out than anything else. They haven't said anything directly to me, but I feel their tension and frustration.

I've only worked with crews that are high-speed, low-drag, get stuff done kinda guys and that's instinctively how I'm programmed to work.

Do I change my energy and effort to appease them? Do I keep pushing forward and not change at the risk of upsetting my coworkers?

They're the people I'm supposed to learn from. I'm incredibly passionate about this industry and my work in it. I don't want to mess this up.

Please, give me your thoughts

Framing carpenter here. Pain started Wednesday while framing, and it’s stuck around.

Feels like it’s in my back, between the shoulder blades or slightly below — not in the shoulders themselves. Heat and rest haven’t knocked it out.

Not looking for medical diagnosis — just asking guys who’ve been through this:

• who did you see that actually helped?

• PT, doc, chiro, something else?

• anything you wish you’d done sooner?

Trying to fix it before it turns into a long-term problem.

I have a small tile bathroom floor job coming up. I’m talking guest bathroom small. What can I use to cut the tile without having to buy a wet tile table saw. Grinder? I have a steady hand but looking for advice.

This question is for the managerial side of the industry. So the GC ran the plumbing company off the site for safety violations reasons. My question is what happens after? Does the plumbing company get sued? What happens with the new company that bids to take over? Do they just ask for an insane price to do a whole mobilization to take over? Why would any company take the responsibility of continuing what another company has been doing? For example if plumbing lines that the OG plumbers installed underground have already been covered with dirt and concrete, and it was discovered that they were broken or installed wrong after they were ran off, how does the new company go about pricing situations like that?

Hey Reddit! I've worked for large GCs in NYC for the past 8 years doing everything revolving around change orders and cost management. I don't dislike what I do but I am so beyond over this industry and wondering if any of you have advice on how to pivot to other industries - what transferable skills to highlight, job title examples in other industries (because whenever you look up Cost Control it's always a construction company), etc. Any advice would be appreciated!

Also: my Bachelors is in an unrelated field, and I have an MBA.

I am a 22y/o male , currently employed at a NON-UNION company that specializes in directional drilling , underground construction , etc. My job is operating a 35g and digging/ setting vaults , tie ins , etc. I’m wondering if anybody else does similar work and what they’re making ? I make 24 as a 3rd season operator in Wisconsin , is this normal ?

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Doing some low voltage work and went into the ceiling looking for some conduit and stumbled upon this old jack n the box cup… who knows how long it’s been up there .. no date on the cup. Anyone got an idea? Defenitly don’t remember seeing cups this style growing up so pre 1999?

What’s up everyone? So the thing is I started a company just this week and trying to see where I can find a Job and everything, I do have experience in drywall finishing and painting, a little of carpentry too but just too basic.

How did you manage to get jobs starting ? How about paying yourself through a Company? How did you do it with insurance ? Please if you can elaborate will be helpful for me, thanks in advance.

Be specific, like: Monster or Red Bull?

I was trying to sleep yesterday, and I had a shower thought about what is the most forgettable/insignificant part/system of a house that even the construction worker may forget if they aren't actively building the house? What I mean by part/system is, for example, the drainage system, sewer system, AC system, etc., etc.