makes me smile to think that I will make more profit off my £600 job tomorrow than I would have made off the whole of that job if we had got it at our price...The industry is driving us underground...strange times these...
Why Bother...
- Thread starter moanalot
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Yeah well, they can't keep it up forever mate.
Had a manager once in SGB an engineer called Joe Briddock. His knowledge of scaffolding was practically non existent, but it did'nt matter, he had others there for that. His role apart from making the firm money was to meet the big potential clients and could he talk, he was the type of guy that could sell sand to the arabs. Remember one time he sent me to look at a job in a university that required a drawing, on the way to meet the university engineers, he was asking me what the technical terms on the drawing meant and I was looking at him and thinking fcuking hell we've no chance. We went in to this boardroom and they all fired questions at him and he could answer every one. I sat there amazed, his personality got us that job. On the way back I mentioned to him that he had'nt given them a price and he said you dont talk to those people about money, leave that to the subordinates. What a guy, a likeable snob.
celticbhoy
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wernt trinity collage brand were it wernt out there at one stage for eugene and donald.
Yep when I first started my business i was all fired up and loved to get in there and thrash out the deal but as time goes by and you keep gettin the sh*t kicked outa ya you kinda lose you're enthusiasm for the chase...I saw a leaflett last time I was in london from some solicitors sayin "Are you in construction? come and speak to us before you sign the contract"...Tells ya somthin about where we're goin don't it...
It was Trinity Celticbhoy in the 80's. A big birdcage in the library, cant remember exactly, something like 100x40x35ft high,to work on the walls and ceiling, but they needed the floor clear, we were only allowed 12 inches for ladder beam standards each side. It looked very technical on the drawing, makes it look specialised, hence the great price they got for it, but it was'nt that hard to do, but looked good when it was done.
celticbhoy
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they were still making a packet i there up to few years ago.........fantastic buildings and grounds very strict though,still never seen the book of kells always too mobbed,no patience.
celticbhoy
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aye some set up brandy was never in the provosts gaff but been in every inch of trinity....that dont sound right does it lol?