baseballmind1212

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The worst GC PM I've worked with recently was in his 60s, on a complicated $105m project and in way over his head.

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The worst thing about hiring in this industry is that it is impossible to tell a good PM/super from a bad just thru interview.

I have worked with many supers who were 55+ that were horrible. Bad managers, poor schedulers, didn't know shite about building science.

Most of these types were a foreman in a trade, then got on as an AS or APM and then jumped company to company every 3-5 years after that.

He doesn't need to do any thing extra to stand out.

Get degree. Show up to work. Give a shite.

The last part will seperate him enough if he can do it.


I'm a CM grad, that hires at least 2-3 LSU guys a year for entry level positions at a big contractor. The most important thing that makes guys stand out to me is ability to interview and previous internship experience.

The guys who pick it up fast can be a PM in 3-5 yrs out of school for us.

I thought this was impossible since colleges are typically gun free zones.

You mean bad actors will ignore these rules and carry firearms anyways? Who could have seen that coming!?

I know plenty of people (me included) that practiced this in college.

It just didn't have some bull shite blue haired name.

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The pipe handle that others mentioned earlier in the thread is a big help with attic work.

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Glad I could be of help. I like to say I've got redneck ingenuity. My wife reminds me that I'm not smart, I just grew up broke??

Cat6a for the cable. Cat 7 rating is still not recognized by the TIA (ie the rating is not legitimate/tested). 6A will handle 10GBps, your network equipment couldn't outrun it.

I've had good luck with navepoint racks, nothing fancy but they get the job done.

I personally wouldn't recommend wall mount, especially if you are going to end up putting a ups in there.

Couple personal tips ive learned from building commercial buildings...

1. Put a pipe or two in at your headend rack. Easiest and cheapest way to do this is use a couple 2" PVC pipes stubbed out the wall/ceiling into the attic. Cheaper than conduit, better than smurf tube.

2. Put 2 separate duplex outlets at your rack, on 2 separate circuits.

3. Include a ups in your build, will save you tons of headache from power blips making your whole system power cycle.

4. Run data for cameras, even if you aren't going to put them initially. Way easier during construction.

5. If you want everything in a rack, investigate IR repeaters. Dumb thing to overlook. Can be done over cat6.

6. Include a NAS. My entire life is filed on mine. Every car maintenance receipt, healthcare receipt, important docs, all family pics, etc. In a file structure like God intended.

Yep. Unfortunately I have burnt 500 bucks or less a couple times with my wife's family. A few times involved famiy vacations and the splitting of costs. One time was for some material use for some home repairs.

We got out that game when one of her sisters asked for help replacing the ac condenser unit at hour house. Asked if I could just buy it and she would pay me back over time for parts cost... After I already agreed installing it for free.

We bought her a window unit and called it her Christmas gift. Drew the line there to never lend family money or buy materials for home repairs without cash in hand first. I'll do the labor for free all day, but not 1 dollar is coming out of my account towards fixes/improvements in their homes.

Averaging 12 years in my house.

Mines('17 silverado) currently 9 years and 200k miles in. Will likely push this one a little farther as I have very few issues with it so far. Only major thing I have done is replace the ac condenser at about 100k.

8th grade, trying to keep from killing a little brother. Dreaming about what it would be like to be an adult and not have to listen to my parents stupid rules.

My dad reminds me every day that God gave me girls for a reason. It's payback for all the hell I raised.

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had mistakenly been having anal intercourse rather than vaginal to conceive.

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Well shite. You mean I could have married asian, avoided daycare costs, And had lots of anal?

They didn't teach that in school.