Eli5 Why construction workers start so early in the morning?
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A lot of deliveries, especially redi-mix concrete which is very time sensitive occur at a job site. Getting that done before morning rush hour or at least before the afternoon rush hour is an advantage. And probably most importantly, it doesn’t interfere so much with your day drinking.
A lot of deliveries, especially redi-mix concrete which is very time sensitive occur at a job site. Getting that done before morning rush hour or at least before the afternoon rush hour is an advantage. And probably most importantly, it doesn’t interfere so much with your day drinking.
Partly to beat the heat, partly to beat the traffic. But also partly to concentrate some free time at the end of the day to spend living your life. Many construction workers live far from the job (no surprise, as the project completes eventually).
I’ve worked jobs with 2-3 hour commutes- one was 7 hours each way. Over two hours and I was looking for alternatives, like a motel.
If you’re off work at 3:30 you might have a chance to make it home in time to see your spouse.
Partly to beat the heat, partly to beat the traffic. But also partly to concentrate some free time at the end of the day to spend living your life. Many construction workers live far from the job (no surprise, as the project completes eventually).
I’ve worked jobs with 2-3 hour commutes- one was 7 hours each way. Over two hours and I was looking for alternatives, like a motel.
If you’re off work at 3:30 you might have a chance to make it home in time to see your spouse.
On top of the weather and maximizing productivity reasons, construction sites working in urban or residential areas have to abide by certain city curfews depending on their city permit ordinances. Traffic control must be cleared up before a certain time, usually before afternoon/evening traffic. Noise ordinances are also set in place to avoid local disruption once most of the public is back home from the workday.
On top of the weather and maximizing productivity reasons, construction sites working in urban or residential areas have to abide by certain city curfews depending on their city permit ordinances. Traffic control must be cleared up before a certain time, usually before afternoon/evening traffic. Noise ordinances are also set in place to avoid local disruption once most of the public is back home from the workday.
Depends on the company, but generally construction companys work the hours that other firms work.
In the business of residential construction it is only useful to be at work when the trades are.
The exception to this is we had a plumber that had a full time job sding service during the week so he would show up and plumb after work ended. In this case anything he needed, supplies, appliances, fixtures would be delovered or procured during working hours and his job was really only to install them thus he didnt need to work on our sites during normal operating hours. It never failed he would call my dad almosy evey night for clarification.
But me as a on site carpenter need to be there during the hours my boss works because there will be questions and situations which need answeres or explanation etc. That being said plenty of guys who do production work will work over normal hours to get something finished. Since in Alberta anyway pretty much everything is sub contracted out the builder themselves often wont pay overtime just the price quoted by the sub. So of the drywall guys come in and work 14 hour days the price to the customer wont change. That management cost is paid by the sub contractor to his workers – and 90% of the time there is no overtime pay.
So the simple answer is that construction workers work really early because thats when all the other construction workers work.
Depends on the company, but generally construction companys work the hours that other firms work.
In the business of residential construction it is only useful to be at work when the trades are.
The exception to this is we had a plumber that had a full time job sding service during the week so he would show up and plumb after work ended. In this case anything he needed, supplies, appliances, fixtures would be delovered or procured during working hours and his job was really only to install them thus he didnt need to work on our sites during normal operating hours. It never failed he would call my dad almosy evey night for clarification.
But me as a on site carpenter need to be there during the hours my boss works because there will be questions and situations which need answeres or explanation etc. That being said plenty of guys who do production work will work over normal hours to get something finished. Since in Alberta anyway pretty much everything is sub contracted out the builder themselves often wont pay overtime just the price quoted by the sub. So of the drywall guys come in and work 14 hour days the price to the customer wont change. That management cost is paid by the sub contractor to his workers – and 90% of the time there is no overtime pay.
So the simple answer is that construction workers work really early because thats when all the other construction workers work.
A lot of work is done in larger cities.
Getting out of larger cities can be fucking painful in rush hour traffic.
Starting as early as noise laws will allow let’s you beat some of that traffic.
A lot of work is done in larger cities.
Getting out of larger cities can be fucking painful in rush hour traffic.
Starting as early as noise laws will allow let’s you beat some of that traffic.
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