Rant: That one foreman who cost me 3 days because he wouldn't use the digital layout tool
I was on a commercial foundation pour over in Denver last spring, and this old-timer foreman named Dave flat-out refused to use the robotic total station we rented. He said he'd been doing layout with a tape measure and chalk line for 30 years and didn't need no 'fancy computer junk.' Well, after he marked out the footings wrong by 4 inches, we had to chip out 12 yards of wet concrete and re-form the whole thing. Lost three full days and about $2,000 in extra labor and materials. That experience stuck with me because sometimes the biggest tech barrier on a site isn't the equipment, it's the person refusing to use it. Has anyone else dealt with a stubborn crew member who almost sabotaged a job by ignoring new tools?