We have been sistering many joists in building. In fact, there are more sisters than a convent in eastern Quebec. As a result we have been moving through a lot screws. Our trusty engineer specified a particular type of screw and they have been difficult to locate here in Brooklyn. I have driven to multiple Home Depot’s searching for large buckets of these things. Each time we buy the screws in bulk we pay less than 50% for each screw. Its quite a savings and only a few Home Depot’s carry them in bulk. Today I just downloaded the Home Depot app on my i-phone and I have to say, its pretty impressive.
Not only can I purchase product from my phone on the job site, but I can also compare prices and shop around. Pretty powerful.
It will also locate which stores have the items in stock or what the delivery times might be… Workers in the store will then go out onto the floor, remove the purchased items from the shelf and store them behind the counter until I arrive. I can also assign one of the contractors assistants to go and pick them up under their name. If I decide that I just want to go to the store to pick them up myself and purchase them with cash, the app will tell me what aisle and section they are located in. This way, there is no wasted time, no confusion and I know exactly where the items that I am looking for are located.
Once my order is ready for pickup, Home Depot will then shoot me a text message to notify me.
Almost as good as the day they decided to deliver a piping hot pizza to your door…
Last week was a bit slow with all the snow that we received. There were a lot of half days and not as much was accomplished as we would have liked. As my father likes to say, some days chicken and some days feathers. Unfortunately it looks like there was a lot of feathers last week and not much chicken. There is a pace and a rhythm to a good job site and you need to recognize when you need to put your foot on the gas and when you need to brake in order to accelerate through the corner…
