8am: a call from Harry, the yard manager at Fyfe Glennrock, to say that the Pitcaple stone was being put through the saw. The school holidays mean less road traffic so I managed to get to the yard to see the last section being cut.
When the end was removed our fears were confirmed - a fairly significant open crack at the side of the stone - which you can see above on the right, holding the water from the wash down.
This is not the healthiest start.
I feel pretty disappointed, (as does Harry, though he assures me that this not uncommon occurrence) and this is compounded by conversations with various managers who tell me that FGR currently has two large projects running simultaneously and almost every moment is accounted for. This will stretch over the next three months. It seems that FGR experience either a feast or a famine of orders and at the moment its the former.
The OMart work will have to be slotted in between the bigger jobs.
One of the problems for me is a limited window of time available, due to other commitments.
Negotiation required....
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