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Site Completion and Project Reflection

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Well that sucked

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What happens here

The video provides a final overview of the construction site. The new retaining wall has been partially built, with multiple courses of blocks successfully laid on the prepared ground. The area behind the wall is leveled and compacted, and silt fencing is visibly installed to control erosion. The narrator reflects on the significant challenges encountered during the project, including persistent bad weather (heavy rain) that led to repeated delays and unexpected equipment breakdowns, such as the mini excavator's fuel system issue. He emphasizes the difficulties of managing large-scale projects when faced with such unforeseen circumstances.

Goal: Complete the current phase of the retaining wall project and reflect on challenges and lessons learned.

Tools and materials

  • Compacted gravel/soil — Prepared ground for further landscaping
  • New retaining wall blocks — Partially constructed wall sections
  • Silt fencing — Erosion control around the construction site
  • Tarps — Protecting exposed areas from rain

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it yeah that didn't work all right so we're wrapped up for the day I don't know if my battery hold out I got like 12% chance but we got this in and that bed out to there her pal R for tomorrow for certain days you know this is a pretty big project we're working on we do have one more video in this series but I am going to say that big jobs aren't always better and we just got beat up on this job and it was everything to do with what's happening right here the weather has just destroyed us we have had so much rain this spring we've got no snow at all this winter so we had no work and then as soon as it warmed up every everything that should have been snow just turned to rain and now we can't work again and when you got little jobs it's nice because you got a bunch of little jobs maybe you got something on a sidewalk or maybe you're demo in a house or you're doing something that isn't as rain sensitive but when you tie yourself into one of these big projects and then you get into one of those spots where you've got your footings opened up or your back fill opened up and you've got rain coming it's always this constant seesaw back in fourth battle and if you're a contractor bigger jobs are not always better it's nice to be able to get on to a big job and stay there and then you have less mobilization fees but but on a smaller job sometimes you can sneak in sneak out sneak in sneak out but the thing is is I don't like to um I don't I don't like to jeopardize a big job by taking something away and starting a small job because of weather because I want to get into my big jobs I want to wrap them up and I want to get done with them I'm not one of those contractors and I've seen contractors that do this and I'm not going to hold it against you if you do I'm you're you do you I don't care um um but I see contractors that jump back and forth between projects and what happens is they all go slow that way I want to get in I want to get my job done I want to make my customer happy and I want to move on but we got rain coming again tonight it's just a constant battle so I don't know what's the weather been like for you guys has it screwed you over in any way shape or form let me know but from winter to summer this entire season it just it sucked I don't know what else to say it's just sucked but that's the way life is sometimes sometimes things are good sometimes things are a challenge it's not the end of the world it's just what happens you just can't let it get you…

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