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We got a bid package from a Korean/Chinese/French/Indian (?) electronic consortium, or finance/electronic consortium, asking us to bid on some boiler/boiler room project, that’s part of a almost complete plant update. our part of the package, covers 41 pages, the work practice guideline was 83 pages. Some of the work rules are bizarre, to say the least.
The list of does and don‘ts, is massive, it like the customer wants to micro manage, every aspect of the actual work being done.
Forbidden tools
Leathermen or similar tools
No adjustable wrenches
No interchangeable tip screwdrivers
No Channel-locks or pliers
No wooden handled tools (shovels, pickaxe, rakes, brooms or hammers, etc) No wood on site, except for a few detailed exceptions
No battery powered tools (flashlights are acceptable, as long as they are orange plastic)
No Magnesium tools or products
All test tools and related equipment, must be calibrated, and certified less than 90 days before the job start, then every six month, there after.
All screwdrivers, must be electrically insulated type (2 acceptable brands)
All 5 gallon pails must be clearly labeled, to their content. If use to carry tools or hardware, they must be labeled as such
All wooden cribbing, must be painted red, and labeled as cribbing,
No tobacco or product on site, also no alcohol, drugs or weapons
All vehicles that use facility parking lots, need back up alarms, revolving light working, anytime the engine is on, a warning flag on all corners of the vehicle.
There is a unregulated parking lot about 1/2 mile away, but there are shuttle buses, on roughly 15 minute cycles. On facility property, hard hat, safety glasses, safety vest (no t shirts) and safety shoes, must be worn by all in a parked or moving vehicles.
random drug testing at least once a month
They list only 3 acceptable style/brand work shoes, you have to wear one specific hard hat design, color based on trade or company
Only 3 types of safety glasses (unless prescrption)
You have to wear gloves (only 2 acceptable models) at all times, except at break/lunch (in defined areas) and in the bathroom (while standing on line to use the portajohn, gloves need to be on)
All chemicals need to be preapproved, no Teflon tape, only one brand of electrical tape is acceptable, likewise only specific brand and color zip-ties.
Ths just a sample of the requirements, after reading the bid package for about 45 minutes, my boss, decided not to bid the job. Finally sanity prevailed. I gave up after about 6-7 pages. According to the boss, hot work, step ladder/lift usage and electrical work, each have multiple page appendix(s), not part of the basic work practice paperwork.
The list of does and don‘ts, is massive, it like the customer wants to micro manage, every aspect of the actual work being done.
Forbidden tools
Leathermen or similar tools
No adjustable wrenches
No interchangeable tip screwdrivers
No Channel-locks or pliers
No wooden handled tools (shovels, pickaxe, rakes, brooms or hammers, etc) No wood on site, except for a few detailed exceptions
No battery powered tools (flashlights are acceptable, as long as they are orange plastic)
No Magnesium tools or products
All test tools and related equipment, must be calibrated, and certified less than 90 days before the job start, then every six month, there after.
All screwdrivers, must be electrically insulated type (2 acceptable brands)
All 5 gallon pails must be clearly labeled, to their content. If use to carry tools or hardware, they must be labeled as such
All wooden cribbing, must be painted red, and labeled as cribbing,
No tobacco or product on site, also no alcohol, drugs or weapons
All vehicles that use facility parking lots, need back up alarms, revolving light working, anytime the engine is on, a warning flag on all corners of the vehicle.
There is a unregulated parking lot about 1/2 mile away, but there are shuttle buses, on roughly 15 minute cycles. On facility property, hard hat, safety glasses, safety vest (no t shirts) and safety shoes, must be worn by all in a parked or moving vehicles.
random drug testing at least once a month
They list only 3 acceptable style/brand work shoes, you have to wear one specific hard hat design, color based on trade or company
Only 3 types of safety glasses (unless prescrption)
You have to wear gloves (only 2 acceptable models) at all times, except at break/lunch (in defined areas) and in the bathroom (while standing on line to use the portajohn, gloves need to be on)
All chemicals need to be preapproved, no Teflon tape, only one brand of electrical tape is acceptable, likewise only specific brand and color zip-ties.
Ths just a sample of the requirements, after reading the bid package for about 45 minutes, my boss, decided not to bid the job. Finally sanity prevailed. I gave up after about 6-7 pages. According to the boss, hot work, step ladder/lift usage and electrical work, each have multiple page appendix(s), not part of the basic work practice paperwork.
