Site Readiness.
Every note filed under Site Readiness — newest first.
It lurks below
A two-lane optical-turnstile install in a downtown high-rise stopped before the first hole when we found the floor had already been x-rayed and marked. The slab was post-tensioned — and the people telling us to drill didn't know what that meant. The story is about the rule that kept us off that floor, and what's actually stored in the concrete under your boots.
Patience
Two installs — a dormakaba entrance control at a California airport and an Alvarado multi-lane in Colorado — same shape of problem: we showed up ready to work and the site wasn't ready for us. The real story isn't the install. It's the four days of standing around before the install became possible, and the part of the job nobody quotes for: waiting well.