Quote Originally Posted by Jim Koepke View Post
Most likely the wood is charged to the job. If it was saved to be used on another job, the accounting would be a nightmare and the charges of fraud would be plentiful.

There is a lot of waste due to "legal requirements" involved in doing business.

jtk
Depends on the job. If it's a hard bid job, it could be used over and over until it's toothpicks. It could be a competitive advantage even. If it's a unit price job it can be classified as multi use, and priced accordingly without fear of fraud. Think conc forms. Most spec sections say that anything permanently incorporated in the final project must be new. Shoring, lagging, etc are not - usually - permanent. It usually comes down to cost: cheaper to order new to spec that store and pick thru used material, move it back and forth from the job to the yard, etc. A union carpenter in Chicago costs 80.82 per hour. That's unburdened cost. Waste on the other hand - I agree entirely. It's amazing how much stuff we throw away. One need only google the great pacific garbage patch.