Rant: A client's comment about our lake project made me think about the long game

I was finishing up a shoreline restoration job on Lake Marion last week, and the homeowner came out to chat. He pointed at the clean channel we'd just cut and said, 'You know, my granddad used to say a good dredge man thinks in decades, not days.' That stuck with me all the way home. I've been so focused on hitting my daily yardage targets that I sometimes forget the whole point is making something that lasts. How do you balance getting the job done now with making sure it holds up for the next guy in twenty years?

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wade87120d ago

What's the biggest compromise you've seen between hitting a deadline and doing it right for the long haul?

rowan_thomas8420d ago

Define "doing it right" for us, @wade871. Is that a real spec or just a feeling?

nancyn6920d ago

Honestly how often is the long haul thing even real? Feels like half the time they change their mind next week anyway.