... so the asylum had a swimming carnival, right? 1300 boys in rash vests [what nignog named them that?] and DTs [competing for the most creative bulges, or drawing them in with permanent marker] gaining points for their house, enthusiasm, sunburn and being rained on = recipe for a cold. A few days later and the hills were alive with the sound of mucous ... so I went up to maroon for another Kairos, seemed like a good idea at the time [number 3 for me, not bad for a non-God-botherer I guess]. Dearest Mrs Noisy gave me a new topic, which meant a lot of new writing, but that was cathartic in the end. Worked with some really nice young men, only a couple i knew, would like to think I know them a little better now which can only be a good thing. I think that when an asylum provides young adults with an opportunity to explore who they are, in a non-naval-gazing sort of a way, they are being brave, and the kids have a lot of potential benefit, if they enter into it with an open mind - one hopes it was an affirming process despite the nudity :P
... so the asylum had planned and hyped up this open day thing, organised supporters groups to put on displays, informed the teachers they will attend, told the students it was compulsary to attend ... and then the heavens opened, the rain fell and the winds blew away the idea for now. Pity, really, as it often gives an opportunity to work and connect with kids and parents that does not happen any other way. Is it just me or is the purpose for an open day at teararse unclear. We are told that we do not need to advertise, and I was of the opinion that an open day is a giant recruitment exercise - do they not realise that our waiting lists prevent new recruits from joining the red and black ranks? Me is confuzzled, but that is not new. Still, with a cold, and feeling a little fluey, a sleep in is once again welcome. Was gunna open the lab and invite kids to play, guess they will have to do that at home instead. Rain is lovely, except when you have to travel in it [public transport in wet, windy weather is the pits], still, if it helps fill the dams then it is all good. The green stuff we laughingly call our lawn is also growing madly, too mushy to mow tho.
... so I have been messing around with Lotus Notes, as this will eventually be the application portal for our Asylum, delivered world-wide via Citrix. Staph already have email and diary/2do stuff in the Notes system which is hoopy and designed to promote/manage collaboration [yee gods, something that helps our staph to work together, how will they cope?]. Beginning to notice there is real potential with this stuff ... funky junk it is ... I can see the time when our student database and services are notes applications - live and powerful, local and parts published securely remotely, the webshite will be managed by it and published live to web [the luxury of a content and document management system at last] ... DB2 is an interesting diversion, and since i have a developers license, i can start to puddle [i love learning curves], developers conf this coming week so all experience is ... well, experience really. If only this old dog could muster the energy to learn a few more tricks [sit, ubu, sit].
... so I mentioned that it might be fun to put together a Rammstein cover band for BOB06, and that seems like it is happening, lol, could create quite a stir with me singing naughty things in german ... wonder if there is anything in the rules about this, will have to see I suppose ... power chords and mis-pronounciation sound like fun. Say "hi" to your mum for me, hope the Brokeback crew are all fine and dandy [mardi gras take it out of you, or so I am told]
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After almost two decades on my own I've taken on an estimating position with a pretty large millwork company and I need costing info. I know about RSmeans and a few other 'construction' related cost books, but is there a cost book for millwork I don't know about?
I've got almost two decades of costing for my own company, but it's a different level of business and the products are higher end than I've been dealing with for ten years so is hesitant to just plow ahead, not wanting to over or under estimate these bids. The company has no historical pricing data available either.
Is there anything out there? I'm in the heart of the NYC market, doing mostly high end residential and high rise work.
I think we are going to go with QuickBids since we already have OST and they work together. They've told me that their millwork costing database is wide and deep, so I'll know next week when I load it....
What ever happened to the AWI cost book? Did they stop making it? I recall a book from years past where they spelled out actual average times for shops to edgeband, cut, and otherwise fabricate cabinets and millwork. It was broken down by operation and was a great baseline for estimating.
Gary, the site i posted is the AWI book,, although it is 495.00 Now i guess you only get it free if you are a new memeber
It looks like the AWI database or the data behind it may be in this costing software....I'll keep you posted as I use it.
There is no 'perfect cost book'. Even Quick Bids only has so much pricing. The AWI data is stale, and not in a form to use as anything but reference.
What it DOES do is organize your ass off! I can actually 'build' a cabinet/panel/millwork in the software, enter real prices the connected suppliers and then labor/overhead/etc and adjust for labor taxes/overburdens (comp, etc) at any percentage. It's powerful if you use it all.
I've only been on this software for 3 weeks and this past week I was able to takeoff the millwork for an 18 story building and price it in 4 days. Total bid north of $500,000. The best thing about it is that I've got a super accurate takeoff and I'm very confident of our pricing.
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