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A short dictionary of construction terminology (It’s funny)

Mar 19, 2008 by Derek Dean, Reed Construction Data
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Greetings!

This being my first post, I thought I would keep it light.  Alas, I am not astute enough to have come up with this on my own; it was sent to me in an email…

Contractor - A gambler who never gets to shuffle, cut or deal.

Bid Opening - A poker game in which the losing hand wins.

Bid - A wild guess carried out to two decimal places.

Low Bidder - A contractor who is wondering what he left out.

Engineer’s Estimate - The cost of construction in heaven.

Project Manager - The conductor of an orchestra in which every musician is in a different union.

Critical Path Method - A management technique for losing your shirt under perfect control.

OSHA - A protective coating made by half-baking a mixture of fine print, red tape, split hairs and baloney--usually applied at random with a shotgun.

Strike - An effort to increase egg production by strangling the chicken.

Delayed Payment - A tourniquet applied at the pockets.

Liquidated Damages - A penalty for failing to achieve the impossible.

Completion Date - The point at which liquidated damages begin.

Auditor - Person who goes in after the war is lost and bayonets the wounded.

Lawyer - Person who goes in after the auditors to strip the bodies

DD

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03/26/2008 - posted by Trey Dean

Funny and very true....good post…

03/19/2008 - posted by Steve Ritchie

Great post, Derek!

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