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I took Friday off, but as you know the worst things happen on Friday AND when you take a day off. My Superintendent calls me at 9:30. (I'm the senior project manager) and says "the worst thing that can happen has happened". I'm thinking someone has died on the site, but he says the building is 20' too far to the East. WHAT? This is phase one of a two story office building and we have all the foundations in the ground, the elevator pit is in, and the electrical/plumbing u/g rough is in. We had the surveyor that did the original plot plans for the Architect layout the building when we built the pad and we had him back to check it before we poured concrete. We did everything right. The Super thought something was out because the civil guy's waterline tie in was off and not tying in at the right location in the building but he used his own layout and not the surveyors.

The surveyor was out and checked everything again and everything checked in the field. Lead man gets on the phone with his office and the problem is found. Its seems the field crew was given the WRONG POINT OF BEGINNING! Originally the property was smaller and the building was not able to fit on the property as the Owner wanted it. They were able to go back and purchase 20' more feet from the developer of the property. The building was moved and the project went forward. When it came time to locate the point of beginning to layout the building NOW they used the PREVIOUS location. This is a "green field" project, a new building on a virgin site with no points of reference when you're standing looking at it.

The surveyor has excepted complete responsibility and has agree to pay all costs. I don't think he realizes were taking $150-200K, three weeks of general conditions time, rent for the Owner, redesign costs, etc, etc, etc.

And this was going to be a nice little simple project for me....
I got a meeting on Monday at 8:00am.