I wasn’t sure if college was the right decision for me. I considered being a car mechanic like my father, but he was always cynical about the future of his profession. He hated how car manufacturers were making their systems both digital and proprietary, making automobiles even harder to repair for both the mechanic and […]
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The deck of my new Tiki Bar has reinforced galvanized steel rebar inside
This type of rebar tie wire is resistant to long term corrosion from both salt and moisture As a new bartender in my early 20s, I had no ambitions to own a business, let alone a beach bar. Back then I just wanted to make enough money to both pay my bills and always have […]
Newer coastal buildings are utilizing new kinds of rebar tie wire to prevent disasters
When my parents took me on a cross country road trip to visit my grandfather’s subtropical condominium, I had no idea what to expect. My sister and I had only been in our midwestern state and had been on short car road trips only. We were told that we would see the ocean for the […]
Why use different gauges of rebar wire for different projects?
I thought that I could simply build a loft in my high-ceiling living room with little to no help, but that was a mistaken assumption. I was told that I could get in a lot of trouble by doing any structural modifications without the proper permits and inspections to insure that the work is being […]
We’re working in the summer heat with hectic building deadlines right now
I hate working in the hot summer sun with hectic deadlines being imposed on us from upper management. Before I was given a chance to work in the building department, I was on the landscape crew and we would lay sod and plant flowers and shrubs in the yards of the new houses after the […]
As a building inspector I’m looking for cracking concrete and exposed rebar wire
While I’m a building inspector these days, I started my path toward this industry as a health department inspector. I was sent to restaurants and diners in my county to look for health code violations. While many of the food service companies in this area really care about their products and their customers who eat […]
I work at a contractor supply store and our supply chain issues are still present
My first job was at a fruit supplier company. I was in the orange and citrus department and loaded massive barrels of fruit every single day at work. It was an honest living, but I ended up hurting my back during a normal work procedure one afternoon and it put me in the hospital for […]
My region is constantly hit with rain and thunderstorms year long
Before I moved into this area, I was used to having very little precipitation throughout the year. In the winter the temperatures hovered in the high 30s and only snowed every now and then. As far as rain was concerned, that was almost always confined to the late summer months, with perhaps a few thunderstorms […]