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Catching Mistakes While They Are Small is Well Worth the Effort

Tuesday, June 13th, 2006

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Today I visited the job site of a house we are currently plastering. I was glad I did because the plastering crew had removed the protection around the windows and the floor where it meets the wall so they could apply a clean finish coat and remove any debris around the tape from the scratch and brown coats. This is fine; however, they had begun plastering without replacing the protection.
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Straw Bale Construction Consulting Timing

Saturday, June 10th, 2006

I worked on a consulting job today at a job site in Bend, Oregon. The folks I worked with were set up to be the bale crew leaders for a bale raising party that is expected to last three days. The leaders and owners were open to hearing the tid bits of information I offered them. The biggest piece of information that could have served them best was the timing of their consultation.
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