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12.17.19

2019 Year in Review

Pierce the Veil and Get to Mr. Shade

Happy Thanksgiving – Gratitude is the Best Attitude … You Dig?

Love Stinks

Overcoming FORO

Don’t Tax the Messenger

Project Leadership – Find Your Quarterback and Win!

The Power of a Decision

The Effect of Tariffs

Island Time

Manage Up the Nowhere Man

Dog days – don’t fight

Digging Freedom

Pigs get roasted

Be a lion.

The Power of Cookies

Slow Down and Stop Texting You Drunken Fool

Concerned Trucker Says “Slow Down Bear Bait!”

Be Bright! Live in the Light

Must be done on time? Don’t get burned!

Millennials and The Future of Skilled Labor

The Oscars and Construction

7 Things that we Love (oops) Dig

Forgot to Buy Insurance

Preacher Gonna Preach – Don’t Get Caught …

12.5.19

Pierce the Veil and Get to Mr. Shade

Dear YouDig?

When we first met, the contractor’s owner pulled into the site in his tricked out red pickup and promised us the stars and the moon. Unfortunately, all we ended up with was the pits! We ended up with a leaky roof, subcontractor liens, delays, deviation from the plans, lack of communication, over billings and just plain old shiftiness. The flippin’ ceilings were cut short by 8 inches! We canned them and hired a replacement – at a much higher price! Now we want to sue for the extra cost but, low and behold, Mr. Shade’s Ohio corporation went belly up. Can we sue and collect against Mr. Shade individually? I’ll take that red pickup to start.

-Played by Mr. Shade

 

11.4.19

Love Stinks

Dear YouDig?,
We are in the middle of a massive addition to our warehouse. The value is high seven figures in construction services.  We don’t do this all the time but we fell in love with the Design-Builder, signed their form and asked them to proceed asap! Well it’s a year later and we are not in love any more.  There are delays and excuses. Subs are calling us directly for payment.  Frankly, we don’t see how this crew will be able to complete the work.  We priced it and it looks like it will cost us 40% more to get a replacement contractor at this stage.  We gave in and called our lawyer whose first question was “Is there a bond?”  We never even thought of it. Are we fools?
-Love Stinks Ya Ya

10.4.19

Don’t Tax the Messenger

Dear YouDig?,
As an Ohio highway contractor we must include an incredible amount of temporary structures on our jobs and even temporary personnel from time to time. We don’t understand why we are getting popped with paying sales taxes on the purchase of these temporary structures and people. We are not a retail store selling to an end user.  ODOT nails us on the price of the job and the Tax Commissioner won’t allow fair exemptions.
-Why O’Why

8.23.19

The effect of tariffs

Dear YouDig?,
I am majoring in construction management in O-H-I-O. Love this stuff. Help me out though. I am getting mixed signals from my professors and from what I read in various publications and social media, including some prominent tweeters. Tell me the truth … how do tariffs on imports from China really affect the construction industry and how can players avoid getting stuck with the unexpected bill?
A- Student