there is a local CoW, he has busted loads of contractors.
my first day on a new hospital wing along came Ray the CoW who i have known for years. he said "'have it finished today?" i answered" no i have only just got here", he answered well the job goes in to penalty from tonight. then he tells me that the builder got off to a very bad start, the concert mix in the foundations was a weak mix and that he had them gunned out. this had cost the builder £80,000. i said that was not good Ray he answered that this big time builder had him over when he was a subbie and things were going to be very difficult here.
he busted the carpenter after the ash door liners had not been fitted correctly, when the carpenter refitted the linings he was told that he would not accept second hand material, remove them put them in the skip and go and purchase new ones.
one day he came into my room for a chat when he noticed that the digger driver was filling the trenches and not using the whacker plate to consolidate the trench, i said to Ray are you going to tell him? he answered yes about a quarter to five when he has done plenty!