Project Manager came out today - and he and Bob actually had a great conversation. Finally, lots of questions were answered and he gave us insight into the schedule and plans for the next action items. The other pool builds / projects must be wrapping up
1) He said the concrete work is unacceptable and the concrete guys will be back out on Saturday to "fix it" - it wasn't defined how they were going to fix it but he said he would be on site all day to supervise. Bob showed him where the electrical outlet got set in the lowest part of the concrete, he took a level out and sure enough - so he took a photo and added it to his collection of "bad things by subs" I guess.
2) He agreed the troweling and edges and feet print and fingerprints will all need to be fixed
3) they will need to restain/repaint areas of the concrete that won't be backfilled and visible to the eye because it was done sloppily
4) He started discussing the pool equipment specialist coming back out to set up the Easy Touch etc. He said he had two guys but he was going to send the one because of the level / focus we have on the detail and the types of questions we ask.
5) Stoneworkers should be out on Saturday to start the fireplace and kitchen build
6) He didn't know what lien releases were ....so we will follow up with the PB. We were specifically concerned about the one contractor who built the pavilion because he and the PB had a falling out over some issues the PB had with the contractor. There is more detail around this - but I think we can get things to our satisfaction
7) They agreed to seal the flagstone but they won't seal the deck because the deck will get too slippery (I agree w/ husband and PM on this)
8) tongue and groove work got done on about 1/3 of the pavilion - will take pictures when they are done
9) Somehow during the pool talk they got onto a tangent about Bob's custom knife business and the PM wanted to order a knife. The PM asked how long it would take and I told Bob he should have said, it will get finished after the plaster is done and the pool start up is complete
I feel good about today - I know we tend to go in fits and starts but we got some focus today from the right person (too bad we didn't have this from day 1) but we'll take it now and go from here. We too have rain in the forecast for the weekend - so we'll see how much concrete work can get fixed.
Now I have to go watch some football!! - Karen