Strange Weather construction blog

[Marcocet]

Wow, thanks Dept of buildings. Or not.

<removed inspection notice, it was a huge file with no real purpose>

[Arthur Stone]

Hi Marc, just checked your blog - great project...good job the dodgy beams were ID'ed at the beginning. I worked on a similar-sized building for catering use so I appreciate what hard work it can be...but of course worth it for the end result.
Good luck.

[Marcocet]

Yep. Here's the days quick story. I got on my expediter's case about not having some of the permits we need to keep working yet. It turns out that the asbestos report I got about a year ago had expired. To top it off the guy who had done the report is no longer accredited so I had to get someone else. They're supposed to come by at 2pm today, but at about 11:50 I get a voicemail that they're going to be there at noon instead. Since neither I nor the GC could be there at noon I let him know to tell the crew who he was and that I had sent him. Instead he walks in without saying anything to anyone and my crew throw him out! He makes no attempt to introduce himself and just blows out.

Something like this is happening literally every day at this point. At least things are moving...

PS I updated the photo blog: Strange Weather Construction Photos!

[Kim Bjäle]

That`s some slutty gear you got there...OMG...

[myles]

Originally Posted by Marcocet

Yep. Here's the days quick story. I got on my expediter's case about not having some of the permits we need to keep working yet. It turns out that the asbestos report I got about a year ago had expired. To top it off the guy who had done the report is no longer accredited so I had to get someone else. They're supposed to come by at 2pm today, but at about 11:50 I get a voicemail that they're going to be there at noon instead. Since neither I nor the GC could be there at noon I let him know to tell the crew who he was and that I had sent him. Instead he walks in without saying anything to anyone and my crew throw him out! He makes no attempt to introduce himself and just blows out.

Something like this is happening literally every day at this point. At least things are moving...

PS I updated the photo blog: Strange Weather Construction Photos!

Looking good. Glad to see you're tapping the ultra-fashionable Kentucky data center power conditioner market... I'm from Kentucky. I didn't even know they had data there, much less centers for it.

[Marcocet]

Originally Posted by myles

I'm from Kentucky. I didn't even know they had data there, much less centers for it.

Zing?

Ha, anyway it was a steal. I got the thing for $450. The new UPS systems I priced out to replace it (most companies aren't even making transformer based power conditioners for data anymore since UPS have gotten cheap enough to be viable) were all upwards of $25k. Hopefully it'll work. They've got a 15 year life span and it's like 18 years old. But it's all big caps and transformers, I imagine that it could still be repaired if necessary.

-marc alan

[Marcocet]

Okay, here's a new one! Things are getting kinda crazy... and now all this damn rain.....

Marc Alan Goodman’s Building Strange Weather Blog — The Joys of Home Ownership : SonicScoop – Creative, Technical & Business Connections For NYC’s Music & Sound Community

[Arthur Stone]

Good to see you cutting a swathe through the red tape...I'm looking forward to seeing the studio come into being. Good luck : )

[Marcocet]

Thanks! We're finally making some serious headway. There's a new blog, but it's more about our previous lack of headway...

Anyway here's the link: Marc Alan Goodman’s Building Strange Weather Blog: Rain Rain Rain : SonicScoop – Creative, Technical & Business Connections For NYC’s Music & Sound Community

[Marcocet]

Now we're starting to build a studio and not just save a building.

Here're some pics of the control room floor. We ran 4" pvc piping underneath to run all the cabling through. The machine room will be in the front on the left, that's why so many pipes terminate there. The wooden box is the trough for underneath the console.

[myles]

Looking good - nothing like the joy of a freshly poured slab... Nice work on the cable "conduit"!

[Trev@Circle]

Yay! Congrats!

[Marcocet]

And we have a control room! Or at least the frame of one.

[Trev@Circle]

no news?

[Marcocet]

Well holy bureaucracy batman!

New York friggin City.

New blog entry's up at sonic scoop: here

[Trev@Circle]

Originally Posted by Marcocet

Well holy bureaucracy batman!

New York friggin City.

New blog entry's up at sonic scoop: here

Damn! It seems like public body bureacracy is almost the same the world over! I feel your pain man. Keep hanging in there!

[myles]

Originally Posted by Trev@Circle

Damn! It seems like public body bureacracy is almost the same the world over! I feel your pain man. Keep hanging in there!

I was going to say, you're reaching French levels of ridiculousness... it's a small world after all! Where are my Audio-Animatronics?

[Marcocet]

Ha. Thanks guys. Sorry I missed you yesterday Trev!

Yeah, we're SO CLOSE to getting back to work. Any day now. I swear, I haven't been saying that for months...

[Marcocet]

And we finally, after six months, passed our plumbing inspection! Yay city of Brooklyn! We go back to work on friday.

[Wes Lachot]

Congratulations, Mark!

-Wes