[nabs-l] Anyone with Experience working at Construction Sites?

[Carly Mihalakis]

Good evening, list,

non24-is NOT bullshit, is a very real presence 
for some of us, in fact, as was pointed out. I 
think I forgot to include, in the course of 
unleashing a sort of diatribe, the word denier, 
as in  non-24 deniers. That is the bullshit ideology of which I was speaking.
Car

via nabs-l wrote:
>Darian, You are absolutely right! I spoke to the 
>president of the chapter, and she said that she 
>hadn't  talked to the project manager before 
>contacting me. She has now contacted the project 
>manager, so I should hear back soon! Thank you 
>for the suggestions! Kennedy Stomberg On Wed, 
>Jan 13, 2016 at 1:58 PM, Darian Smith via nabs-l 
><nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote: > Hi Kennedy, >   I 
>have done some work around construction 
>sites. >  Firstly,it sounds like the chapter 
>president is speaking to perceived > concerns. 
>has she actually  heard legitimate concerns from 
>the  people in > charge of the project? or is 
>she anticipating possible  objections to you > 
>being a part of the team working on the 
>house? >  once you get past whether or not these 
>concerns are being felt by the > project 
>supervisor(s) then it might be appropriate to 
>consider how to > address them. >  Generally 
>speaking  these types of projects are designed 
>to put to work a > number of hands on a small 
>number of large projects.  The people working 
>o > the projects are probably not going to have 
>a great deal of experience on > construction 
>work and like you will need training. >  I would 
>start out  on a project that you feel 
>comfortable with. > Something  that maybe 
>isn’t quite as challenging as maybe you 
>might  want > at first, but something you feel 
>good about doing and there is a need for. >  Say 
>for example there is a need for people to nail 
>down wood planks on a > roof and there is 
>concern about you doing this, but  there is a 
>need for > people to run supplies  between 
>multiple habitat sites where your group is > 
>stationed. >  It might be a good idea to help 
>run  supplies at first and as people get > 
>more  comfortable with their jobs and you being 
>a part of the effort you > might jump in  on 
>that roof project if you wanted. If you don’t 
>want to > jump  in on that project, you might 
>try jumping in on something else  where > you 
>feels comfortable. >   I hope that helps in a 
>general sense. >   Darian 
>.. >    ,     . >    . > > > On Jan 12, 2016, at 
>6:02 PM, STOMBERG, KENNEDY via nabs-l < > 
>nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote: > > > > Good 
>evening, > > > > My college's chapter of Habitat 
>for Humanity is taking a trip over Spring > > 
>Break to help build homes in West Virginia. I 
>was recently approached by > > the president of 
>our chapter. She mentioned that the 
>construction > managers > > might not want me to 
>be > > presentat the place where the home is 
>being constructed for safety > reasons, > > and 
>because I could potentially make a mistake that 
>could seriously > damage > > the home. I have 
>very limited experience  working in 
>construction. > > > > So my question is, Is 
>there anyone out there who has worked at > 
>construction > > sites, or has built homes with 
>Habitat for humanity? How were you able to > > 
>contribute? What barriers or obstacles did you 
>have to overcome? Please > > feel free to e-mail 
>me on or off-list. > > > > Thank you! > > 
>Kennedy Stomberg > > 
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