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

[justin williams]

Wrong message thread Car; Just figured I bring that to your attention.  I remember having something so important I wanted to say that I did the same thing a couple of years ago. (LOL).

 Justin

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From: nabs-l [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Carly Mihalakis via nabs-l
Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2016 11:31 PM
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Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Anyone with Experience working at Construction Sites?

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! > > 
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