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

Thu Jan 14 04:40:44 UTC 2016

Guess laziness precluded prevented my tracking down the original.
Sorry, guys!
Car 36 PM 1/13/2016, justin williams via nabs-l wrote:
>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 -----Original Message----- 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 To: National 
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>Cc: Carly Mihalakis <carlymih at comcast.net> 
>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 isnÃ¢€™t quite as cs 
>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 donÃ¢€™t 
>want >to > jump  in on that projroject, 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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