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Vent: That 40-yard basement pour in Denver last Tuesday was a nightmare from start to finish.
The pump truck broke down halfway through, and we had to hand-feed the last 15 yards before the mix started setting up. Anyone ever had a supplier comp you for lost time on a job like that?
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hall.quinn12d ago
Man, that's a rough one. Diana302 is right about the fight, but check your contract's "force majeure" clause. If their equipment failure isn't covered under that, you've got a stronger case for more than just a material credit. Push for them to cover the extra labor and any overtime to fix the cold joints that mess probably caused. A lot of guys just argue about the wasted concrete and miss the bigger picture of the downstream problems they created.
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diana30212d ago
That sounds brutal. Getting them to cover labor costs for that kind of delay is a tough fight, but definitely worth pushing for. What did the supplier say when you called them?
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