Bizarre Work Package We Were Asked To Bid On

[Buffalo21]

Weird, they even have a dress code, did they mention haircuts, grooming ,tattoo's or piercings?

I hope not, around here finding a pipe fitter, welder or plumber, without a tattoo, is extremely rare, about one step above a unicorn,

I don’t have any, both the kids do and at least half the grandkids do, I’m guessing the 7 and 9 yr old, are still ink free...........

 

[Buffalo21]

I heard at about 7 pm, we did send in a last second bid (as a favor for an engineer) based on a swag and a hefty multiplier, we did not get the job, but 2 of bidders, bid the job higher than we did, the low bidder was about $135,000 less than we were. I hope it works out for them.

 

[brino]

we did not get the job

Congratulations!



-brino

 

[7milesup]

There are a bunch of pilots on this forum. These regulations don't surprise me.
We had a dress code including no beards because the oxygen mask will not seal should you need to use it, which at 41,000 ft was about 15 seconds to get it on before you passed out. Color and type of shoes. Company issued shirts, ties and pants.
How close can we taxi to a perimeter fence without a marshaller? What a stupid rule I thought until I found out someone did a few hundred thousand dollars of damage to a wing by clipping the fence.
The list is ad nauseam. And then there were the regs. Federal part CFR 61 & 91 regs along with the company regs. Employee handbook too, don't forget about that.
Cripes, I think I was underpaid...

 

[Flyinfool]

As previously mentioned, Most stupid rules and/or regs came from someone that did it and cost the company money or caused a problem. Just think of some of the stupid things people have done to make these rules happen.

 

[Dabbler]

For a dissident voice, I was a professional consultant for 30+ years. I really appreciate bidding on contracts like this. They have laid out everything explicitly, so it is far easier to conform to the contract than having 'hidden clauses' which trip you up mid-contract and cost hundreds of thousands in productivity loss and rework.

Your proposed customer clearly knows exactly what they want and are willing to pay for it - the stricter the contract, in general, the more costly it is to fulfill. Win-win.

 

[Papa Charlie]

I must have missed the part that said "no common sense to be used on site"

Learned a long time ago, there is nothing Common about Common Sense.

Actually, these rules don't seem out of place, of course depends on the product or tool for what industry you are bidding. The fact that it states Electronic Consortium is a prime indicator. I work for Boeing (Estimator, Product Development), the list of Do's and Don't's in our industry is huge. The number of inspectors that are constantly going in and out of the planes in the factory and on the flight line is daunting. But the consequences of not following those rules can result in failure of product/equipment and possibly loss of life.

It is amazing how much research is done on products (chemicals, cleaners, tape adhesives, etc) to see if they react to other materials they will come in contact with and in environments from scorching deserts to 40k feet above the earth. We have a team of engineers that live that day in, day out.

As said, these rules have no doubt been created as a result of past issues and from research. The part that most people leave out of the estimates is the documentation and oversight costs that go along with it. Proof of compliance is on the winning bidder, especially should something happen or not perform down the road.

 

[eugene13]

Working in a power plant subjected you to a lot of regulations, OSHA, FERC, the mine has MSHA, the lock-out tag-out procedure, the confined space procedure, we had two fatalities during my 30 years, both of them didn't follow the rules. Sometimes it seemed like overkill but it's there to keep you healthy and safe. Glad I don't have to make bids.

 

[Armourer]

If you think those rules are stiff, try working in the oil industry in Canada........

 

[Dabbler]

@Armourer I know exactly what you mean...