Engineering at the City

[dik]

First time in 50 years, I've been asked to seal a simple anchor rod... Standard A307 3/4" diameter with 3" bend and 18" long with 3" threaded...
"My response to the client (who I do a lot of work for) was:

Done... I hadn't put any priority on this... first time I've ever sealed a simple A307 anchor rod... never in 50 years... what's the City coming to?

This is a freebie... I can't charge for 5 minutes... I could put down 0.1 hours, but that would be overcharging. I've added a note about interior use only and usually spec weldable A307... you don't get it unless you ask for it. Always like anchor rods to be weldable... too often in the field, things get misplaced.

Rather than think climate change and the corona virus as science, think of it as the wrath of God. Feel any better?

-Dik

 

[JohnRBaker]

If you're minimum billable time is 0.1 hour (6 minutes), how would sealing the bolt be over charging if it was something that was NOT part of the original spec that your bid was based on? After all, that's why there is the concept of a minimum billable time, exactly for issues like this. Or are you telling us that if you estimated that it would take nine minutes to perform an explicit task, that your bid would only included a 0.1 hour to cover it?

John R. Baker, P.E. (ret)
EX-Product 'Evangelist'
Irvine, CA
Siemens PLM:
UG/NX Museum:

The secret of life is not finding someone to live with
It's finding someone you can't live without

 

[dik]

It was't my project... one done over a year ago... drawings show a simple column and loaded in compression only. It was just a silly nuisance thing by the city... My minimum billable time is typically 1/2 hour... I used 0.1 hours, ie. 6 minutes as a joke for 5 minutes of work and that would be overcharging by 1 minute... whole response was for humour. I did my very first sealed engineering job for a bottle of Scotch... way back...

Rather than think climate change and the corona virus as science, think of it as the wrath of God. Feel any better?

-Dik

 

[JohnRBaker]

We really do need a 'sarcasm' emoji ;-)

John R. Baker, P.E. (ret)
EX-Product 'Evangelist'
Irvine, CA
Siemens PLM:
UG/NX Museum:

The secret of life is not finding someone to live with
It's finding someone you can't live without

 

[dik]

Concur... the whole thing was pointing out how silly the City is becoming... WAFWOT comes to mind... What a ******* waste of time... I knew a guy that had a registered business with that name... used to travel on the GO Train with him often.

Rather than think climate change and the corona virus as science, think of it as the wrath of God. Feel any better?

-Dik

 

[waross]

I use <s>Sarcastic comment </s>.
Probably too much these days. grin (That's another hint.)

Bill
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"Why not the best?"
Jimmy Carter

 

[dik]

From Fidonet days... <G> or <+++>

Rather than think climate change and the corona virus as science, think of it as the wrath of God. Feel any better?

-Dik