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Construction Definitions


lil_Blue_Ford

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Below is a list of construction definitions....


Contractor - A gambler who never gets to shuffle, cut, or deal.

Bid Opening - A poker game in which the losing hand wins.

Bid - A wild-a$$ guess carried out to two decimal places.

Low Bidder - A contractor who is wondering what he left out.

Engineer's Estimate - The cost of construction in heaven.

Project Manager - The conductor of an orchestra in which every musician is in a different union.

Critical Path Method - A management technique for losing your shirt under perfect control.

OSHA - A protective coating made by half-baking a mixture of fine print, red tape, split hairs, and baloney -- usually applied at random with a shotgun.

Strike - An effort to increase egg production by strangling the chicken.

Delayed Payment - A tourniquet applied at the pockets.

Completion Date - The point at which liquidated damages begin.

Liquidated Damages - A penalty for failing to achieve the impossible.

Auditor - People who go in after the war is lost and bayonet the wounded.

Lawyer - People who go in after the auditors and strip the bodies.
 
haha, nice....i've been workin construction since 2007 and def seen a few of these
 
haha, nice....i've been workin construction since 2007 and def seen a few of these
I was given this list a while back and stumbled on it when I was flipping out about the job I started on Thursday....
 
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at least you got to start one. i have 6 quotes out right now and only 2 people are talking to me about starting
 
Way back when I did construction. No old jokes! All that is pretty much right on! LOL
 
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at least you got to start one. i have 6 quotes out right now and only 2 people are talking to me about starting

Don't get too excited about it. I sent you a PM, thought it might be best not to post on an open forum about it.

Way back when I did construction. No old jokes! All that is pretty much right on! LOL

lol, if you have any others to add, I'll be more than happy to amend the list.:icon_thumby:
 

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