i just hired a new construction company

[mascarabertha]

I have a new construction company working for me. They are 30 days into demolition and about to start construction. Daily I get a report with photos, whether or not they've reached their daily goal, what materials are on site, how many workers were present e.g. 1 forman, 1 architect, 4 plasterers. They are young, speak perfect English. Many are on the faculty at CMU.

At the daily report What % of the final goal that they've achieved. I've never experienced anything like this anyplace. They are innovative, well connected, have built hotels in the area as well as a sterile building for Apple computer to construct some gizmos

[CMKiwi]

As Monty Pythons Life of Brian had quoted..."You lucky, lucky bastard"

I just hope that no one steals your workers before they finish your job.

[DLock]

Is this Apple building in CM?

Sounds like a good company. Hope the end results is as good as the process.

Pictures of the building once you have something interesting to see are always welcomed.

Good luck.

[arunsakda]

Are they able to install high spec casement style windows?

[quidnunc]

Can you share the contact info for this company?

[worgeordie]

Do not understand why they should have 4 plasters on site,as you say demolition nearly

finished,and about to start construction, plasters would not be required until the build

is near completion, am i missing something here ?

regards Worgeordie

[Dante99]

"They are young, speak perfect English. Many are on the faculty at CMU."

Got to wonder about the facts reported if the above is an example. Perfect English is extremely rare at CMU outside a very few foreign earned PhDs in English who are in the English Department, not construction trades.

How many CMU faculty types do you need to build a house? Surely they are not doing the real work.

Daily goals are a bit extreme too.

Apple??

Perhaps this paper slipped out of the how to clean your butt thread, subsection male buffalo.

Edited December 27, 2014 by Dante99

[mamborobert]

Richard...new nick I see......not banned again I hope. Three times now?

[mariohh1]

Can you sebd me the name and contact info please thanks

[elektrified]

Do not understand why they should have 4 plasters on site,as you say demolition nearly

finished,and about to start construction, plasters would not be required until the build

is near completion, am i missing something here ?

regards Worgeordie

I thought the same thing. Clearly he/she didn't get the 'story' straight before posting.

[Seligne2]

While we are all happy for you, this post is completely gormless unless you divulge the name of the company.

[Phrafarang]

I would think you would have four plasterers because they can complete the same volume of work three times faster

I believe that the Apple project the OP is talking about is probably the recently completed HANA Microelectronics factory in Lampun, a six hundred million baht factory to produce circuit boards for the new iphone.

I know people at this company, if its the same one who built HANA's place, the Architects, Engineers and Designers are all taken from the top few percent of graduates and contrary to one posters suggestion they all speak pretty perfect English, they also have staff who speak French and German pretty well too.

[slapout]

Maybe the op is misspelling plasters and means ''blasters''. seeing is believing, sometimes.More info is needed as being a skeptic has saved mant a heart ache and a empty band account.

[Phrafarang]

Maybe the op is misspelling plasters and means ''blasters''. seeing is believing, sometimes.More info is needed as being a skeptic has saved mant a heart ache and a empty band account.

I can see you are highly qualified in Cacography

[dutchisaan]

And what are you building? A Thai toilet?

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[mascarabertha]

an example with photos of a daily work report

Goal :
1. REMOVE FLOOR TILE
2. DETAIL CUTTING FOR WALL
3. CLEAR CLEANING FOR THE SECOND FLOOR

First shift : 8.00-12.00
Climate : CLEAR SKY
NO. of worker : 1 FOREMAN 3 WORKER Activities :

WORKER CONTINUE TO REMOVE FLOOR TILE AT THE FIRST FLOOR. SOME WORKER DO DETAIL CUTTING FOR THE SECOND FLOOR.

Second shift : 13.00-17.00
Climate : CLEAR SKY
NO. of worker : 1 FOREMAM / 5 WORKERS Activities :

WORKER COMPLETED TO REMOVE FLOOR TILE AT THE FIRST FLOOR. SOME WORKER COMPLETED DETAIL CUTTING FOR THE SECOND FLOOR. AND CLEARING ALL AT THE SECOND FLOOR

PROBLEM : NONE Material on Site : NONE

NEXT DAY GOAL : (MONDAY)

1.CLEARING ALL FIRST FLOOR
2. PREPARE FOR PLASTERING CEILING AT TH FIRST FLOOR

[onthedarkside]

3 off topic posts removed. If members have nothing to contribute to the topic then read the next topic.

[ianf]

I know this company. It's run by a Mr Bill Der.

[sappersrest]

A typical extract from a UK site managers project diary, looks like you have struck gold, good luck with your project.

[mascarabertha]

[Benjie]

So you joined a forum just to tell everyone how happy you are about using this company that you most definitely have no personal investment in?

[SDH]

Okay I will bite, I'm looking a construction company right now, especially one that can work in Mae Hong Son - Please tell me their name and contact details.

[mascarabertha]

Okay I will bite, I'm looking a construction company right now, especially one that can work in Mae Hong Son - Please tell me their name and contact details.

absolutely, send me a private inquiry

[ProThaiExpat]

What difference does daily reports make unless you are paying wages by the hour and materials by the item.

The big change I have seen in the past few years is that contractors are now quoting the job as a whole and even their estimate of the breakdown between labor and materials is rarely accurate if even provided.

[mascarabertha]

Can you share the contact info for this company?

are you doing a build?

[mascarabertha]

yesterday they sent up video drones

[Mooner]

For what? Bizarre.

[junglechef]

It's for show, don't you know here that form over function comes second only to loosing face

[Phrafarang]

or maybe its so that you can inspect work they have carried out to your roof without having to climb up there yourself

[zeichen]

Personally, I don't ever understand why anyone would pay 10k baht a day for these crews when the workers are locals making 300-500 a day. Foreman's making 7k baht a day seems a little steep. As long as you are satisfied with the quality, then pay what you want. I spent a long time getting a network of quality builders that charge reasonable prices. 10 years ago I built an addition to my house for 100k baht including everything. My friend hired a crew to do something similar and paid 350k baht. Both have stood up the test of time but now he uses my guys for everything. The only problem is now my guys are pushing 60-70 years old. Hard to find dependable crews that are younger.

I also don't see why you would need any professors at all from engineering or architectural faculties. As for the comment about their English ability, get out more. There are several International programs where all the classes are taught in English. I know of at least 300 professors outside of humanities that communicate and comprehend English quite well.