Having a contract for workers by the hour...................I hope you know something about building and know how to work, workers!!
Otherwise, with at many Pinoys on location, you\'ll have some just waiting for a paycheck dong not much of anything...........THAT YOU CAN COUNT ON!!! Been there, done that REGARDLESS which Pinoy you have in charge!!
With a contract involving what the cost will be, in a given time frame..........................you KNOW what the outcome will be ~~IF~~ on location every day ALL day!!!
If, your depending on a, \"Pinoy foreman\", you\'ll get WHATEVER regardless what is said...........that you can count on also!! Unless you can except whatever as good enough?
Maybe I don\'t know much about building here in the Philippines? Only built two new and remodeled 4. But, I\'ve ran off, forgot how many Pinoys, because they couldn\'t do what they said they could! Now, down to two Pinoys only with what took 8 months with many Pinoys, these two can do in 3 months.
OIC, YOUR NOT EVEN HERE in the Philippines. Best of luck, I\'m hopeful for the best and all I can do, on your building project Ricky using Pinays as overseeers.
I\'ve just not heard much good news building from afar in the Philippines for over a decade!
B-Ray
after a 30 day delay due to the one bridge closed to flooding the workers will be arriving in 2 hrs.....or so the story goes. we are adding to the existing house...second floor with 2 bedrooms, living rm and bath...and a blue tile roof to all areas.... all the materials are on site at my mother/father inlaws place and there are suppose to be 11 people arriving at 7 am to get the show on the road.
we have hired an engineer (350 pesos a day) 5 carpenters (350 pesos a day each) and 5 labourers (180 pesos a day each) for a total of 3000 pesos a day.
contracted \"days labour\" has work starting at 7 am....break at 10:00-10:15..resume work til 11: 30...lunch til 1:00 then work til 5 pm.
father in law says this is the better way to go as he has contracted in the past many times with an agreed upon price ahead of time and he **always** came out on the short end of the stick....either with the daily wage at the end of the job being twice what the hourly rate would normally be and guys (as in the whole crew) simply not showing up for periods at a time after a progressive payment would be made..
hope it all works out...i will keep you alll updated as i write this from vancouver, bc , canada but get daily updates from my wife who\'s on the phone daily seeing whats up..
(good luck nanay and tatay!!)
ra