Council charged £600 for a mats that was £3.00 in shop
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just reading about council being charged £2,000 a metre for central reservation metal and reminded me of 25 years ago working for lift company.
Anyway new health and safety law came in regarding working the supply a rubber mat to stand on whilst working on Lift control panel(normally 3 phase 415v) we ran out of a roll of rubber matting so my boss told me to go down to local car shop and buy rubber mat and use a stencil to spray "tested to 5000v" on the back by chance I found out the charge to the council as it was a council block was £600. In hindsight disgusting but i imagine someone on there "job/pension for life" position rubber stamped it, and a cheque was sent..anyone else have tales of Councils waste ?
Anyway new health and safety law came in regarding working the supply a rubber mat to stand on whilst working on Lift control panel(normally 3 phase 415v) we ran out of a roll of rubber matting so my boss told me to go down to local car shop and buy rubber mat and use a stencil to spray "tested to 5000v" on the back by chance I found out the charge to the council as it was a council block was £600. In hindsight disgusting but i imagine someone on there "job/pension for life" position rubber stamped it, and a cheque was sent..anyone else have tales of Councils waste ?
Edited by snotsnfarts on Saturday 27th December 23:26
snotsnfarts said:
just reading about council being charged £2,000 a metre for central reservation metal and reminded me of 25 years ago working for lift company.
Anyway new health and safety law came in regarding working the supply a rubber mat to stand on whilst working on Lift control panel(normally 3 phase 415v) we ran out of a roll of rubber matting so my boss told me to go down to local car shop and buy rubber mat and use a stencil to spray "tested to 5000v" on the back by chance I found out the charge to the council as it was a council block was £600. In hindsight disgusting but i imagine someone on there "job/pension for life" position rubber stamped it, and a cheque was sent..anyone else have tails of Councils waste ?
fAnyway new health and safety law came in regarding working the supply a rubber mat to stand on whilst working on Lift control panel(normally 3 phase 415v) we ran out of a roll of rubber matting so my boss told me to go down to local car shop and buy rubber mat and use a stencil to spray "tested to 5000v" on the back by chance I found out the charge to the council as it was a council block was £600. In hindsight disgusting but i imagine someone on there "job/pension for life" position rubber stamped it, and a cheque was sent..anyone else have tails of Councils waste ?
king hundreds of stories... But I'm not allowed to talk about it 
snotsnfarts said:
just reading about council being charged £2,000 a metre for central reservation metal and reminded me of 25 years ago working for lift company.
Anyway new health and safety law came in regarding working the supply a rubber mat to stand on whilst working on Lift control panel(normally 3 phase 415v) we ran out of a roll of rubber matting so my boss told me to go down to local car shop and buy rubber mat and use a stencil to spray "tested to 5000v" on the back by chance I found out the charge to the council as it was a council block was £600. In hindsight disgusting but i imagine someone on there "job/pension for life" position rubber stamped it, and a cheque was sent..anyone else have tales of Councils waste ?
Should see what your council charges your boss in business rates. Your sympathy for the council will soon be short lived.Anyway new health and safety law came in regarding working the supply a rubber mat to stand on whilst working on Lift control panel(normally 3 phase 415v) we ran out of a roll of rubber matting so my boss told me to go down to local car shop and buy rubber mat and use a stencil to spray "tested to 5000v" on the back by chance I found out the charge to the council as it was a council block was £600. In hindsight disgusting but i imagine someone on there "job/pension for life" position rubber stamped it, and a cheque was sent..anyone else have tales of Councils waste ?
snotsnfarts said:
by chance I found out the charge to the council as it was a council block was £600. In hindsight disgusting but i imagine someone on there "job/pension for life" position rubber stamped it, and a cheque was sent..anyone else have tales of Councils waste ?
That's not an example of council waste, that's an example of rip-off over-charging by a contractor. richyb said:
Its disgusting when you see the figures charged. In my field of work I've seen £2k charged for a standard park bench that costs £400 direct from the manufacturers. £1600 to take it to the site and cement it in.
3 hours max? £533 per hour, not bad work if you can get it i suppose...pies1981 said:
richyb said:
Its disgusting when you see the figures charged. In my field of work I've seen £2k charged for a standard park bench that costs £400 direct from the manufacturers. £1600 to take it to the site and cement it in.
3 hours max? £533 per hour, not bad work if you can get it i suppose...KingRichard said:
snotsnfarts said:
just reading about council being charged £2,000 a metre for central reservation metal and reminded me of 25 years ago working for lift company.
Anyway new health and safety law came in regarding working the supply a rubber mat to stand on whilst working on Lift control panel(normally 3 phase 415v) we ran out of a roll of rubber matting so my boss told me to go down to local car shop and buy rubber mat and use a stencil to spray "tested to 5000v" on the back by chance I found out the charge to the council as it was a council block was £600. In hindsight disgusting but i imagine someone on there "job/pension for life" position rubber stamped it, and a cheque was sent..anyone else have tails of Councils waste ?
fAnyway new health and safety law came in regarding working the supply a rubber mat to stand on whilst working on Lift control panel(normally 3 phase 415v) we ran out of a roll of rubber matting so my boss told me to go down to local car shop and buy rubber mat and use a stencil to spray "tested to 5000v" on the back by chance I found out the charge to the council as it was a council block was £600. In hindsight disgusting but i imagine someone on there "job/pension for life" position rubber stamped it, and a cheque was sent..anyone else have tails of Councils waste ?
king hundreds of stories... But I'm not allowed to talk about it pies1981 said:
richyb said:
Its disgusting when you see the figures charged. In my field of work I've seen £2k charged for a standard park bench that costs £400 direct from the manufacturers. £1600 to take it to the site and cement it in.
3 hours max? £533 per hour, not bad work if you can get it i suppose...Edited by richyb on Saturday 27th December 23:53
redvictor said:
pies1981 said:
richyb said:
Its disgusting when you see the figures charged. In my field of work I've seen £2k charged for a standard park bench that costs £400 direct from the manufacturers. £1600 to take it to the site and cement it in.
3 hours max? £533 per hour, not bad work if you can get it i suppose...pies1981 said:
redvictor said:
pies1981 said:
richyb said:
Its disgusting when you see the figures charged. In my field of work I've seen £2k charged for a standard park bench that costs £400 direct from the manufacturers. £1600 to take it to the site and cement it in.
3 hours max? £533 per hour, not bad work if you can get it i suppose...and is that you on that aircraft window..LOL
redvictor said:
pies1981 said:
redvictor said:
pies1981 said:
richyb said:
Its disgusting when you see the figures charged. In my field of work I've seen £2k charged for a standard park bench that costs £400 direct from the manufacturers. £1600 to take it to the site and cement it in.
3 hours max? £533 per hour, not bad work if you can get it i suppose...and is that you on that aircraft window..LOL
pies1981 said:
redvictor said:
pies1981 said:
redvictor said:
pies1981 said:
richyb said:
Its disgusting when you see the figures charged. In my field of work I've seen £2k charged for a standard park bench that costs £400 direct from the manufacturers. £1600 to take it to the site and cement it in.
3 hours max? £533 per hour, not bad work if you can get it i suppose...and is that you on that aircraft window..LOL
redvictor said:
pies1981 said:
redvictor said:
pies1981 said:
redvictor said:
pies1981 said:
richyb said:
Its disgusting when you see the figures charged. In my field of work I've seen £2k charged for a standard park bench that costs £400 direct from the manufacturers. £1600 to take it to the site and cement it in.
3 hours max? £533 per hour, not bad work if you can get it i suppose...and is that you on that aircraft window..LOL
KingRichard said:
snotsnfarts said:
just reading about council being charged £2,000 a metre for central reservation metal and reminded me of 25 years ago working for lift company.
Anyway new health and safety law came in regarding working the supply a rubber mat to stand on whilst working on Lift control panel(normally 3 phase 415v) we ran out of a roll of rubber matting so my boss told me to go down to local car shop and buy rubber mat and use a stencil to spray "tested to 5000v" on the back by chance I found out the charge to the council as it was a council block was £600. In hindsight disgusting but i imagine someone on there "job/pension for life" position rubber stamped it, and a cheque was sent..anyone else have tails of Councils waste ?
fAnyway new health and safety law came in regarding working the supply a rubber mat to stand on whilst working on Lift control panel(normally 3 phase 415v) we ran out of a roll of rubber matting so my boss told me to go down to local car shop and buy rubber mat and use a stencil to spray "tested to 5000v" on the back by chance I found out the charge to the council as it was a council block was £600. In hindsight disgusting but i imagine someone on there "job/pension for life" position rubber stamped it, and a cheque was sent..anyone else have tails of Councils waste ?
king hundreds of stories... But I'm not allowed to talk about it .
You can tell us, we won't tell anyone
pies1981 said:
redvictor said:
pies1981 said:
redvictor said:
pies1981 said:
redvictor said:
pies1981 said:
richyb said:
Its disgusting when you see the figures charged. In my field of work I've seen £2k charged for a standard park bench that costs £400 direct from the manufacturers. £1600 to take it to the site and cement it in.
3 hours max? £533 per hour, not bad work if you can get it i suppose...and is that you on that aircraft window..LOL
OMG!
it's that guy off the telly with the drag car!
Anyway, back to benches, well, you'd generally be charging for 2 men for the day, as they probably aren't going to be doing much else after, and that'd come in at about 250 quid, maybe more, i'm not sure of the markup.
You'd then charge for digging stuff, kango, genny or an air compressor, a few bags of cement, sand etc.
hmmmmm.
Running out of chargables now actually, but i suppose you'd still want to add in a profit for the boss at 200-300.
It's criminal, but it one of those council things where no one cares about price, they just receive a bill and pay it.
it's that guy off the telly with the drag car!
Anyway, back to benches, well, you'd generally be charging for 2 men for the day, as they probably aren't going to be doing much else after, and that'd come in at about 250 quid, maybe more, i'm not sure of the markup.
You'd then charge for digging stuff, kango, genny or an air compressor, a few bags of cement, sand etc.
hmmmmm.
Running out of chargables now actually, but i suppose you'd still want to add in a profit for the boss at 200-300.
It's criminal, but it one of those council things where no one cares about price, they just receive a bill and pay it.
I know a guy that did a job for the council one new years day.
Now the time he was required at and the date alone would require triple time but the £200 job that he would have charged £600 for, earned him a stagering £4k for 1 hour. 30 min setup, 20min job, 10 min strip down and off home back in bed for 8am.
Now the time he was required at and the date alone would require triple time but the £200 job that he would have charged £600 for, earned him a stagering £4k for 1 hour. 30 min setup, 20min job, 10 min strip down and off home back in bed for 8am.
My FIL works for a company that does work for councils, schools etc, and they've been a right pain for years about Health and Safety, making every job take twice as long as it needed to with scaffolding etc where a step ladder would be fine etc.
However in the last couple of years all the private companies they work for have done the same too - even simple jobs becomes insanely expensive.
On the park bench job referred to earlir, it's not a matter of paying for a couple of blokes and a van for an hour. There's the cost of everything it takes to get the people to the right place and with the equipment needed to do the job, down to the canteen person who serves the HR person their lunch. In any big organisation these costs are immense. It's a bit like the £100/hr garage labour charge, when the mechanic is getting £12.50/hr.
However in the last couple of years all the private companies they work for have done the same too - even simple jobs becomes insanely expensive.
On the park bench job referred to earlir, it's not a matter of paying for a couple of blokes and a van for an hour. There's the cost of everything it takes to get the people to the right place and with the equipment needed to do the job, down to the canteen person who serves the HR person their lunch. In any big organisation these costs are immense. It's a bit like the £100/hr garage labour charge, when the mechanic is getting £12.50/hr.
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