anyone have access to the Berkeley Bancroft library?
turns out the Gertrude Stein book I have signed by "M. D. Stein" is a woman who Gertrude corresponded with
would love a pic of the postcard
http://oskicat.berkeley.edu/record=b11229761~S1
I need to hire about 300 general laborers, carpenters, concrete finishers, surveyors and field engineers.
This labor market is critically low at slim pickings level.
...another reason the Data Center craze bubble is going to burst... Prices for labor, materials and everything is becoming so stressed it's driving demand off the charts and prices are soaring. I'm see some competing companies offering DOUBLE what my company pays for laborers with between $2-4k/per month per diems. INSANE.
This cannot sustain itself.
I'm also seeing suppliers stressed. For example, I bought 2,500 Diamond Dowels for slab construction joints for my slabs on an Amazon I'm building right now. Bought them last month for $3.75/unit. This week I had to order 200 more. Price went up $4.29/unit.
That's 14.4% increase in price in one month. That's not all. Vapor barrier went up 17%. Lumber went up 9%. Aggregate/stone is up 10%. Sealers/Cures and other concrete curing agents are up 10%. Reinforcing bar is up ...
