Site Check. The Squeeze
Three situations. Pick what the foreman does.
Thursday, 3:35 p.m. The super calls: he needs you on another site in twenty minutes. The look-ahead walk isn't done. What happens?
Walk it in eight minutes now, thin version: material, first hour, one call to the yard. A thin plan beats no plan.
Skip it. The super outranks the walk.
Do the walk from memory in the truck between sites.
The crew found out the office shorted overtime on the last check. They're hot, and they're looking at you. What's the move?
"I'll have an answer from the office by tomorrow's huddle." Then get one. Carry the problem up, keep the heat down.
Tell them what you really think of payroll. They deserve honesty.
Stay out of it. Pay is between them and the office.
Monday you notice the truss layout won't clear the mechanical run. It becomes a real problem Thursday. The office is already stressed. When do they hear it?
Monday, from you, with the two workarounds already sketched.
Wednesday night, once you've quietly tried everything yourself first.
Thursday, when you can show it instead of describing it.
Three days of notice fixes almost anything. Zero days of notice fixes nothing.