20th May 2008, 07:03 PM
Not really a mistake when first starting to dig, but I remember checking a contractor's report and finding out that an important stratigraphic relationship wasn't described. I phoned up the contractor to query it, and the conversation with their PM went something like this:
PM: "Terribly sorry - it wasn't drawn on site and we don't have a record."
Me: "The site is still open and you have people nearby - can you send someone out to look at it?"
PM: "Ditch A cut Ditch B."
Me: "How do you know? You didn't see it personally, you don't have a record, and you haven't asked anyone who did see it on site."
PM: "I know, but I am making an executive decision that Ditch A cut Ditch B".
A highly convincing approach to stratigraphic analysis, I don't think.
1man1desk
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PM: "Terribly sorry - it wasn't drawn on site and we don't have a record."
Me: "The site is still open and you have people nearby - can you send someone out to look at it?"
PM: "Ditch A cut Ditch B."
Me: "How do you know? You didn't see it personally, you don't have a record, and you haven't asked anyone who did see it on site."
PM: "I know, but I am making an executive decision that Ditch A cut Ditch B".
A highly convincing approach to stratigraphic analysis, I don't think.
1man1desk
to let, fully furnished