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  1. Sandman

    Meetup Pictures of Members

    72 degrees and sunny all the time, every day, all year in Southern California doesn't suit me. I'm heading back to Afghanistan next month.
  2. Sandman

    Whiners

    Based on what I read here inspectors are the biggest whiners.
  3. Sandman

    Conex Boxes as dwellings?

    Many of us lived in these overseas. My home for two years.
  4. Sandman

    Military Construction & LEED

    Next project: This $49.6M, 115,380 square foot facility will provide high bay aircraft rework shops, plant services for aircraft overhaul, and storage space. This project is expected to achieve LEED® Silver Certification from the US Green Building Council. Sustainable Design features include the...
  5. Sandman

    So much for LEED

    The Federal Government still requires LEED certification. The Navy & Marines relaxed the requirement from Gold to Silver. "Navy and Marine Corps facilities are required to meet aggressive Federal, Department of Defense (DOD) and Department of Navy (DON) energy and sustainability requirements...
  6. Sandman

    Quantico MCB Bachelors Enlisted Quarters

    Missiles in Romania. Poland after that site is complete. Architecturally, contractors on most military bases must conform a particular type and that varies from base to base, region to region. Contractors at Marine Corps Quantico Base use planning standards found in the Base Exterior...
  7. Sandman

    Quantico MCB Bachelors Enlisted Quarters

    We should be finished by the end of August. The I'm off to Romania for two years.
  8. Sandman

    For those who remember....haha

    I remember Tor-Eggs-Tor. I was on the Mississippi Gulf Coast helping to rebuild Keesler AFB after Katrina (ICC Forum screen name "Hurricane") when he started promoting these straps. I think his dad shot a video of him demonstrating his invention in front of a university building somewhere...
  9. Sandman

    Who Inspects Federal Government Projects?

    JAR, I have spent the last ten years working as a quality control manager on federal projects in four different states and three countries (Djibouti, Iraq & Afghanistan) for both the DoD and DoS. Depending on the size and scope of the project generally there will be one of two situations; 1)...
  10. Sandman

    Construction at Quantico MCB

    Design and construction of a Bachelor Enlisted Quarters (BEQ) at the Weapons Training Battalion, Marine Corps Base Quantico. This new three story Georgian Style facility will include 77, 500 square feet of residential space and 240 parking spaces will be provided. The facility includes 150 rooms...
  11. Sandman

    " We Don't Need No Stinkin Code"

    There was at least one true statement, "Incompetent contractors eventually go out of business. Incompetent inspectors keep going to work."
  12. Sandman

    Work well done

    Thanks, Commish. I would send you photos of my project but I suspect ICE and a few others here are secretely working for the French so I must consider operational security first and last.
  13. Sandman

    signs of a good inspector when dealing with a contractor

    Residential Construction Economics 101 1) Middle class family in suburbia is outgrowing their small home and need an addition built. Lots of stress, anxiety, uncertainty along with excitement and anticipation involved in the decision. This is a very complex and sizable investment. 2) Applies...
  14. Sandman

    Ssampling Freshly Mixed Concrete

    I have this discussion on most every project and would like to know how others deal with this. Ready-mix concrete is delivered from the batch plant per approved mix design and there will be some placements where a pump truck is necessary to convey the concrete; 1) Is it correct to sample from...
  15. Sandman

    Support For Bathtub

    My point is not to argue for or against the additional joist under a bathtub. I have been directly involved in the design, construction and inspection of over 3,000 residential units in the last few years and none of them had an additional joist under any of the upstairs bathtubs and, so far, we...
  16. Sandman

    Support For Bathtub

    Yeah, the American WOOD Council probably doesn't know much about WOOD frame construction. Probably best to trust the guys who have all that field experience when it comes to design values for high wind, spans, beams, columns, fire design and code conformance.
  17. Sandman

    Footing Cure Time?

    This is the non-BS answer from ACI (similar to USACE specifications) http://www.concrete.org/FAQ/afmviewfaq.asp?faqid=28: Technical Questions - ACI Concrete Knowledge Center Stripping time for forms -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Q. Does ACI...
  18. Sandman

    Footing Cure Time?

    USACE Specifications for Cast in Place Concrete based on ACI MCP-4 and ASTM C39 (referenced in IBC); 3.3.11 Removal of Forms and Supports After placing concrete, forms must remain in place for the time periods specified in ACI/MCP-4. Do not remove forms and shores (except those used for slabs...
  19. Sandman

    How far can I go?

    There is no answer and that makes these situations even more disheartening. And what is even worse is that you may be reprimanded for "swimming out of your lane." I always tell people to get three bids, ask a lot of questions, and do as much research as they can. After that, it is buyer beware...
  20. Sandman

    Baghdad to Kabul

    UB was always a little high maintenace anyway and he is probaby quite comfortable in a 10 x 60 single wide listening to old records somewhere on the plains of Oklahoma.
  21. Sandman

    Handling workmanship issues

    I have been struggling with this issue for several years now and I have yet to understand why. I am not that old but when I was learning the trade it was seen as an insult, something to be embarrassed by, if an inspector or QC person found some fault with the work. The objective back then was to...
  22. Sandman

    Baghdad to Kabul

    Kabul to Dubai to Fiji to Texas to California to Virginia. I am coming backto the USA. This isn't fun anymore. I'm tired and cranky and want to buy expensive coffee, argue about politics and religion and buy a bunch of stuff I don't need. God Bless America! Where is Uncle Bob, ConArb and...
  23. Sandman

    Baghdad to Kabul

    I am in Dubai right now heading to Afghanistan. Nothing to report other than I am still alive! Two weeks ago in the International Zone, seven whistles in the sky, seven rockets, seven explosions, and shrapnel outside my office door. I only had just enough time to get under my desk. It is not...
  24. Sandman

    God speed, Sandman

    Thanks Thank you, fellas. These messages about brought a tear to my eye. I leave for Iraq early tomorrow. I'll catch up with y'all in 2012. I wish you all well in your careers. Hold on, the economy will pick up soon enough, but it might be a rough ride for a little while longer. The built...
  25. Sandman

    Gift ideas for the little lady.

    My Christmas gift to my wife of 24 years will be my deployment to Iraq for 12 months starting this week. I am convinced she prefers the company of her three cats to me, which when all other things are considered, isn't that bad of a trade off. If the cats could get jobs, earn money and pay the...
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