NEW COLUMNIST!<br>Failure To Plan Is Planning To Fail<br>Randy Hilton
PM's new columnist tells what's different and similar between plumbing and the business of contracting.
Just so you'll know, I'm one of those guys who gets jolly about running screw pipe in a brand new mechanical room. After cutting and threading 10 or so sections, I love to watch them line up in the trapeze, square with the building lines, elbows in perfect alignment. It's a great feeling to stand back and admire all that pretty work. (That's usually when I'll realize I forgot to figure for insulation!)
When I'm hauling my brood around town, which is just about always since five of our eight children are still at home, my teens will quietly nod their heads and lip sync the words, "See that building over there? I did the gas piping up on the roof ..." Then they'll sigh (I'm sure it's a sigh of admiration), "We know, Dad, we know." By now, they know most of the "historical landmarks" and the story that goes with each. I'm not going to stop bragging about the work, because my sweat and blood went into these buildings that will serve people for decades.