Quick check-in from a Midtown coffee shop—I’m between meetings today and grabbing caffeine before hopping the next train.
So some of you will recall that Will Robertson assigned Merritt and me to manage the project for Stop-Gap Housing. It’s part of our work history to get our actual NY engineering licenses. Officially, Will is the engineer on the project and he looks at everything before sending it off with his signatures, but in practice Merritt and I are doing almost everything.
It’s amazing. And challenging. David Stewart, another NYC SysCo engineer, meets with us and mentors us, but we’re doing most of the work.
Plus, I’m really happy that Kent is the “boots on the ground” contact person for the general contractor. He’s having his own challenges.
Today, some electrical company (not Kent’s) is supposed to be pulling wiring in one of the sites Tom’s developing for Stop-Gap Homes. The wires run through conduits. Different conduits, different purposes.
“Hannah, I don’t get it,” Kent said a little while ago on the phone. “Everything is marked correctly on the plans. It took them three tries to get the 220 for the appliances pushed through the right conduit. I finally said, ‘Go to the other end, run the snack back from there, and pull the wire!’ They looked at me like I was a genius!”
I told him he probably is!
He was so frustrated, Merritt said he’d pop over after he gets done in the Bronx and buy Kent a burger. Fast food, for the win!
Hope your Monday’s off to a smooth start
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