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My worst week on the job last fall in Baton Rouge had me ready to walk

I was on a three week turnaround at a chemical plant and by day 4 it all fell apart. We had a 5 ton vessel that was out of level by almost an inch after the concrete guys poured the foundation wrong. Took me and my fitter buddy two full shifts with shims and a torch to get it squared up. Then the inspector flagged our welds on a 2 inch nozzle because he said the bevel angle was off by 3 degrees. I had to grind out and reweld 8 joints in 95 degree heat with a fan blowing dust in my face. Have any of you had a job where everything that could go wrong actually did?

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the_margaret12d ago

Spent three days once trying to level a compressor skid only to find out the blueprints I was using were from the wrong job. My foreman just laughed and said "at least you're consistent.

jenny_jackson12d ago

Tell @the_margaret that even bad blueprints can't make THAT leveling mistake feel better.