OK. Short version of the tour bus drive-through job…we did finish the project and it never did fall down. As far as I know, it still exists today, a grimy smoke stained ceiling that few tourists ever look at as they exit their buses. The casino beckons!
That is pretty much the same story with all of the casino building projects. When we were finished with all of our hard work, the customers saw only the mirrors and the flashing lights. Just as it was planned.
As usual, whenever I finished a project, there would be a few weeks where I would go to someone else’s project and work for them. My boss would continue to pay me my foreman’s wages and so I had an incentive to work just a little bit harder. And after the Harrah’s project, I was sent over to the new ElDorado hotel and casino.
This project was actually an existing hotel remodel; adding a 16 story hotel tower and a large convention center. As usual; the work went on right over the top of the customers. The existing casino and hotel never shut down for a minute.
Since most of the drywall and lathing crew positions were already filled, I was asked if I wanted to work on the acoustical ceilings in the convention center? Sure. I had already learned enough about that trade to make it appear as if I were not a rank amateur. I could fake it for a day or two until I learned more about it. And so I climbed up on the scaffold and began. It was fairly high, about 20’ up, but we had large platforms to work on and only had to move these scaffolds once a day.
Putting together a concealed spline acoustical ceiling was a great way to relax after the stress filled days of running a big project and I looked forward to doing this mindless work. For awhile.
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