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The Big Project – still a nail biter… | July 13, 2010

It’s funny how you can be screamingly anxious about how a project is going, have a few turns go in your favor, and first thing you know, you’re complacent.  It’s going great, all is right with the world, and then Whammo!  something comes from left field to make you remember why you thought you needed to nail down every detail.

Our big project has been going pretty well.  So far we’re on budget, and sort of on time.  And I’m starting to look to my left.  What’s it going to be?  The carpet that maybe won’t get ordered in time to be installed by the move in date?   That’s one possibility.  I hesitate to think of any others for fear I will bring it into reality.

We have already had one hiccup with the doors.  The tenant thought re-using the doors would save money and gain LEED points.  And it would save some.  Problem is, by the time we get finished making them all uniform we’ll probably spend more than if we bought new doors altogether.  They are all different color finishes, some painted, some stained.  Holes drilled for previous hardware won’t fit the current hardware.  They have all different bottom clearances depending on whether they were opening onto carpet or wood floors.

So I think I’ll stay up on those tippy toes and see if I can get a glove on the next curve ball coming my way.

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