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I have not been in the demo industry that long, so please forgive the question if it is a stupid one. Demodave used the term "harmonically delaminate". What does this term mean?
It's just another fancy word for breaking big hunks of concrete into little hunks of concrete but instead of charging $30 per yard you can charge $60 per yard. If you want all the details go get the DOE publication entitled "Accelerated Southside D&D Strategy" written by the DOE dated June 2002. In it you will find descriptions, pretty pictures and diagrams which will educate you all about it.
I can't find that number anywhere in the document. PM me your e-mail addy and I will send you a copy.
It gets even better. Call a run of the mill track drill a "Vertical Percussive Rotary Cavitation Affector" and you can double your rental rates. And if nobody else has a VPRCA then you can be sole sourced.
At the risk of being childishly chastised and being accused of having a little man's complex, I'll say this.
So, if I understand correctly, you can call blasting " to harmonically delaminate concrete" and you can call a track drill a "Vertical Percussive Rotary Cavitation Affector" and then you can charge $60/CY for $30/CY concrete? Sounds like good business to me.
Last time I checked, the good old USA was still a capitalist counrty. If you can get twice as much for something by giving it a clever name...more power to you!
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I am sure the customers of Consumers Energy just loved to hear you say that. I thought the days of the $1,000 toilet seats were over. Everything comes with a price. If it is a private power generator it is at the expense of the consumer. If it is a government facility it is at the expense of the taxpayer. Somebody brought up a good point today:
Since "explosives softening" obviously wasn't part of the demolition contractor's winning bid, did they have to give Consumer's Energy a credit for all the time they alledgedly saved or did Consumer's Energy have to give them an extra for subjecting them to a more hazardous site?