Murphy strikes again...

"Things will go wrong in any given situation, if you give them a chance." I think Mr. Murphy was talking about building an indoor swimming pool.

As of today, we have had a five month delay due to a bad pool subcontractor, delays due to rain, delays due to the special type of paint involved in painting all the metal in a chlorinated environment, delays in getting the pool plastered, delays due to flooding a pump, delays in starting up the special air conditioning system required for an indoor pool, delays due to poor tile work, delays in getting the pool clean and finally today they put down part of the special flooring required on the deck, and then the pool subcontractor (the same bad one above) left a waterline on and proceeded to flood the entire area (about 1/2" of water).

Wow...that's a long sentence. Good thing is this area is completely isolated from the rest of the school (see chlorine issues above) and so the damage, if any was kept to areas that the floors are intended to be wet in some form or fashion most of the time. I will go check the extent of the damage tomorrow and see how bad it is.

The worst part is the superintendent's for the general contractor is working his tail off and things keep hitting the proverbial fan through no fault of his own. He is actually doing a great job, but things just keep going downhill.

Things are always darkest before the dawn...I wish him luck.