They refuse to use us
My company was hired to do the layout on phase 2 of a 2 phase a project. It’s about 15 Acres of travel trailer lots. Phase 1 was built without any stakeout by any surveyor. Nothing is where it’s supposed to be. Required manholes and cleanouts were never put in and the previous construction company was fired but nothing has been fixed on Phase 1.
I was contacted by the new construction company to layout phase 2. Each time we are contacted by the construction company, the guy tells us what he needs. I do the calculations for what is needed, then we go out to layout where they need things such as the sewer, waterlines, edge of stone, etc. need to go. Each time the site manager calls us off and won’t let us stake anything out or give him just a couple stakes to work from. He said he can do the rest himself or just ‘eyeball’ it.
Each time I email or talk to the main manager and tell him his guy isn’t having us stake enough and isn’t building anything correctly. If falls on deaf ears.
Now the project is close to complete, nothing is where it’s supposed to be, the site isn’t even to grade still (out by a foot or more in several areas), and we were hired to stakeout the edge of stone last week only to find out the sewer service lines running to the main line were built in the wrong location all because the site manager wouldn’t let us stake them out. I’m so fed up with this project.
If/when we do an as-built, it’s going to be a mess. I’ve covered my butt with emails expressing my concerns but I don’t know why these people won’t let us do our job.
Anyone else run into this type of thing?
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