There has been a pause whilst the Causeway was experiencing work and I was away - but there will be a significant catch-up report soon. Thanks for watching.
Use your brain. A heavy equipment operator such as an excavator operator is not a laborer hence is idle at times waiting a task. Just like any job there are waiting times for supplies or other specific trained staff to perform their functions. A lawyer doesn’t deliver pizza when idle times occur. Think!
@@zaptor1514 I fully understand your *fallacious strawman* response. That's NOT what I'm observing here nor is it the case in the numerous other examples in similar situations that I have witnessed. Support for my original assertion is there within the garbled analogies you proposed. Personnel resources are being inefficiently allocated. The difference between our views is that YOU think this waste is natural *and* compulsory. I do NOT. I once authorized our lawyer to chair meetings for us because we wanted legal oversight in dealing with complex interactions across multiple disciplines and he happened to be uncannily qualified for that role. We partly justified his billable hours by front-loading the financials then excusing the accounting team - thereby trimming their billable hours. We also agreed to a maximum since he tended to socialize with us a bit post-meetings. He would even help tidy away the left over snacks and close up the meeting space but wasn't a fan of pizza as it happens. Point being that *billable hours* were professionally credible professional service delivery times NOT for incidental lollygagging. Government work and huge corporate projects like this one are notorious for bloat. I've been on numerous sides of such relationships and participated in several costly time and motion studies for a technology production firm. Once per year, the senior management group would actually serve the entire staff pizzas under our founding director and owner's style. As we became an internationally owned entity, that habit morphed and was delegated to caterers. *Habitual* lollygagging and regular idle sightseeing while on the clock are a different matter. It may indicate that the processes and logistics are badly organized throughout the project. Don't use your own brain excessively. I fear it may not take the strain and I do care so much about your gracious presence behind your keyboard. Have a wonderful whatever remains of your life. Cheers.
This will be the project that defines Kingston in a few decades.
In a good way, I hope
Looking forward to the next Kingston Dock update ! :)
There has been a pause whilst the Causeway was experiencing work and I was away - but there will be a significant catch-up report soon. Thanks for watching.
Great Progress!
Yes, the scale of this project - and the challenges it presents - are much greater than most realize. Visible advances are very reassuring.
Interesting progress! Thanks, Mike!
Yep - steady progress is being made - but you sometimes have to huunt down even the major changes on a large project
Awesome update Mike...thanks very much!
Scott - always a pleasure to hear from you. Your support is greatly appreciated
Fascinating!
Glad you enjoyed it, Gary - such fun to follow
Funny how the typical job site will have two or three men in hi-viz standing around chatting for each man doing some actual work.
Everybody deserves a break from time to time - sometimes the task only needs one set of hands - but I understand the perception may be poor
Use your brain. A heavy equipment operator such as an excavator operator is not a laborer hence is idle at times waiting a task. Just like any job there are waiting times for supplies or other specific trained staff to perform their functions. A lawyer doesn’t deliver pizza when idle times occur. Think!
@@zaptor1514 I fully understand your *fallacious strawman* response. That's NOT what I'm observing here nor is it the case in the numerous other examples in similar situations that I have witnessed. Support for my original assertion is there within the garbled analogies you proposed.
Personnel resources are being inefficiently allocated. The difference between our views is that YOU think this waste is natural *and* compulsory. I do NOT.
I once authorized our lawyer to chair meetings for us because we wanted legal oversight in dealing with complex interactions across multiple disciplines and he happened to be uncannily qualified for that role. We partly justified his billable hours by front-loading the financials then excusing the accounting team - thereby trimming their billable hours. We also agreed to a maximum since he tended to socialize with us a bit post-meetings. He would even help tidy away the left over snacks and close up the meeting space but wasn't a fan of pizza as it happens. Point being that *billable hours* were professionally credible professional service delivery times NOT for incidental lollygagging.
Government work and huge corporate projects like this one are notorious for bloat. I've been on numerous sides of such relationships and participated in several costly time and motion studies for a technology production firm. Once per year, the senior management group would actually serve the entire staff pizzas under our founding director and owner's style. As we became an internationally owned entity, that habit morphed and was delegated to caterers.
*Habitual* lollygagging and regular idle sightseeing while on the clock are a different matter. It may indicate that the processes and logistics are badly organized throughout the project.
Don't use your own brain excessively. I fear it may not take the strain and I do care so much about your gracious presence behind your keyboard. Have a wonderful whatever remains of your life. Cheers.