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Fed H-1B Visa Probes May Help American Engineers
What happened to putting the author's, reporter's, columnist's name with the column? I come here to read Bauder's column, is this some dumb #ss marketing trick?— February 11, 2012 11:26 a.m.
Fed H-1B Visa Probes May Help American Engineers
What happened to putting the author's, reporter's, columnist's name with the column? I come here to read Bauder's column, is this some dumbass marketing trick?— February 11, 2012 11:25 a.m.
The Federal Reserve's Money Orgy
Don, "water stock" was supposedly invented by Daniel Drew, and he talks about it in "The Book of Daniel Drew". The 'stock' was cattle brought in from the Ohio Valley and watered around Harlem, which was the country, so their weight would be up for the scales.— April 27, 2011 7:37 p.m.
Why shabby Otay Park cost over $2 million
surely, a teacher of remedial english understands rubber meeting the road. and the part about your friend could build for $85-$100 per square foot, when applied to public buildings, particularly small ones is ignorance speaking. I am not familiar with Heffler, but they have been around for some time, and I have no opinion on them. There are some bad contractors out there but when a project costs more than all the planners, thinkers and administrators planned and thought it would. The location of the problem is pretty obvious and that doesn't require a change order, because it is the same old ----.— August 21, 2008 9:55 a.m.
Why shabby Otay Park cost over $2 million
we had a general contracting firm that did hard bid, fully bonded public work like that in the article for the same agencies and many more around the county. A job is bid from a set of 'plans and specs', these plans and specifications are not drawn or put together by the contractor. The contractor is told to bid only what is in the plans and specs, nothing more and nothing less. If the contractor should miss something or underestimate the cost of doing a task he must nonetheless complete the task and work per the plans and specs. The contractor wants to build the project, be done and get paid. However if there is a problem with the plans and specs, or if the contracting agency (the owner) wants something changed once the contract is signed then the extra work or if the change in scope requires extra material and labor then someone has to pay or the contractor does not have to do the work. period. so the contract states (which you would discover if you looked at one of those voluminous objects) that a change order must be signed and approved, usually prior to doing the extra work, although every contractor in the business has done change order work for which they were never compensated. so it is not the "company that has gone back for change orders" as much as it is the lack of planning or completeness of the plans and specs that has REQUIRED change orders by issued. These "problems" come to light when the contractor actually begins the work, which is when the rubber meets the road. surely— August 21, 2008 9:46 a.m.
Union-Tribune fights unemployment claims
gee ruben navarette in his column this week at the UT wrote democrates are needlessly bitter, over made up issues. maybe he should look into the practices of his own employer.— April 17, 2008 7:59 p.m.
Smart Corner units at 11th and Broadway don't sell too fast
particularly nice having the housing commission on the top three floors. that makes for a nice neighborhood. o will this be stopped by the pc police.— March 6, 2008 10:24 a.m.
San Diego future without water
yes, conserve water so another golf course can be built, or another condominium project, or housing development. all water for humans; don't water any plants or animals. all water for humans the most precious of all. at some point you have to start 'conserving' the amount of people, don't you?— February 18, 2008 8:33 a.m.
San Diego future without water
so let me get this straight. the temperature of the earth will rise six degrees and on the way there human beings will be stressed and perhaps begin to or completely disappear?? And what is the downside to this???— February 14, 2008 4:57 p.m.