No, its not VCC.
And thanks to everyone for the responses. What y'all mention makes more sense (long hours, sometimes more than just Monday-Friday, etc). He made it sound like its standard 40 hours a week, so either he just doesn't know any better (which he should) or he was exaggerating.

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Posted by JasonL79

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Posted on 10/30/16 at 9:35 am to cfa626

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He made it sound like its standard 40 hours a week, so either he just doesn't know any better (which he should) or he was exaggerating.

Per diem is not always based on a long hour work week. It really depends on how the contract rates are written.

For example, per diem was paid at $80 a day 7 days a week for one of the projects I was on and the construction schedule was 4x10's (Mon-Thur 10 hours a day). Then the project got behind and they started working more hours but per diem did not change. They did get paid OT rates for the extra work though.

The rates will depend on the contract that was written with the owner. I work in the industrial side (on the owners side) in project controls so I see how these contracts are written and part of my job is to ensure that the contractor's invoices adhere to the contract that was written. That and track their progress/costs.

This post was edited on 10/30/16 at 6:39 pm

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Posted by cgrand

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Posted on 10/30/16 at 4:26 pm to cfa626

tell your buddy he'd be better off borrowing 200k and starting his own business
that's what I did and I have a worthless history degree from Loyola
the only way to make real money in construction is to make it for yourself

money is cheap and business is good

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