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Update: Our near miss with the warehouse site drainage last spring
We took a job for a big warehouse out in the valley, and the drive out there was rough. Once on site, we saw the drainage plans didn't match the actual land slope at all. If we had laid the pipe like the drawings said, the whole lot would flood with the first rain. We had to halt everything and get new surveys done, which cost time and money. Now I tell guys to always walk the site themselves before trusting the paper plans, it can save your project.
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the_cameron7mo ago
My apartment complex had the same issue with a new parking lot. The contractors just followed the blueprints and now every storm leaves six inches of water by the dumpsters. It feels like a lot of modern work is just copying plans without any common sense.
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elizabeth9617mo ago
That part about trusting paper plans really hits home. I saw a news article where a whole development flooded because nobody checked the grade first, how long did your delay end up being?
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bethdavis7mo ago
Yeah exactly, that flooding story is a perfect example. The delay on our site was about three months total. Had to bring in new equipment to fix the grading, redo some foundation work. The real kicker was the extra cost, which of course the paper plans never mentioned. Makes you wonder how many other projects are just one heavy rain away from a big problem.
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