Retaining Wall Cost Estimation

Niamey-Cotonou


Last week Mary and I went to spend a week in Cotonou, Benin. Cotonou-Niamey: 1000 km. Without cars, we opted for the bus is cheaper than flying and it saves us an overnight stopover at an airport. As I'm sure you envy us, I'll try to live closer to our trip.
Get up first at 3 o'clock in the morning to be sure to be on time for the bus. Take a brief breakfast. At 4 hours, you're ready. Wait half an hour. Then another. Go, mégotons do not, wait another hour. That is, missing the driver arrived. (I do not know why, whenever I take a bus, I stand at this time knowing full well that never, ever, does the bus leave on time).
's go! Sit on your chair, facing a wall. Move closer to the wall until your back straight the record button and your knees touch the wall. That's it, you can not make moves back and forth? So you can drive now.
Unfortunately, your record does not rise to the head, I'm afraid to sleep, he fault hang your head forward or backward. I know, both are uncomfortable, it will however have to make a choice at some point. The alternation is in my opinion the best compromise we lean neck forward, you try to doze off, and five minutes later, as it hurts a little, you lean back.
If it's cold outside, open the window without too much to cover, and wait three hours sitting on your chair, tight, and do not overdress. A window to the front of the bus is broken, the wind blows, and you pull away the little you had, and this despite while the cold season, 15 in the morning.
After three hours passed, close the window. Put two sweaters, and turn the heating up. The cold season only for the morning. The day he made his usual 30 °. Alas, the broken window does not bring you more wind because a lot of people are assembled and moved into the aisle, allowing both to block the wind and warm comfortable atmosphere. Note that you're still happy you are sitting on a seat. You are also still happy not to be right next to the broken window. You are left for two hours until the end of the good road. You do not know yet, but you have eaten your bread white. Once these two o'clock, you will have the right to stand up to stretch your legs.
It is 11 hours. Pumped up by the 5-minute break, you're ready to tackle more. Anyway, you do that for up to 18 hours. To attack the wrong road, one with holes, you'll need a sidekick. It is instructed to grow unexpectedly to the right or left, at varying intervals ranging from 5 to 20 seconds. Warning, this sidekick must be clever enough you believe that you will pay, but actually, no, it was just an impression. This sidekick is also sometimes lift you up or you push forward. This is where the sweater you brought will save your knees, tuck it between your knees and the wall, it will mitigate the impact.
The trouble is with the sidekick, you can not read or sleep, and this for a few hours. Continue up to 18 hours, the low end of the day of arrival, stretch your legs every 3 hours, 15 minutes at lunchtime, plus a short walk of 5 minutes to cross the no- man's-land of the border. Sometimes your sidekick you should stop shaking for a quarter of an hour, and then must start over.
At 18 hours, you remember that you started late, and you agree resigned to the fact that your arrival time will be closer to the high end you are given, or 21 hours.
At 21 hours, get up and purchase of rice with sauce, and get the idea that this is not always in Cotonou, but a city name in Parakou you arrive. The information you glean here and there are grim: the new range of arrival time between 3 pm and 5 am. Put water to boil, it will humidify the air: you are in Benin, the temperature will not drop really, but it will be wet. Sigh before you seated back exactly as you've been sitting all day.
The advantage now is that tired, pain in the neck do you wake up at intervals over a bit longer, of about every 10 minutes or even every quarter of an hour. To ease your nerves, you have the right to insult yourself in the driver who took a wrong turn, or the police or customs or I-don't-know-who bear a uniform is wait for the bus, thus delaying the arrival time. Please note, your sidekick does not go to sleep, he continues to shake you.
At five o'clock, you have the right to shed a few tears and realize you have not arrived, but the good news is that your sidekick has finished its work. Stop making assumptions about the arrival time, it is useless, you will arrive when you arrive.
At seven o'clock in the morning, get up, you're in Cotonou, we even come pick you up. You sleep all day, then you try to make you the idea that 5 days later, it will again in the opposite direction.


PS: To be entirely fair, it will change a little back: the file will mount up to your head, allowing you to doze off, and you shall stay in your chair until 21 hours. However, it will pass and you get a disc of Christmas songs including Oh Tanenbaum and the Ave Maria de Luis Mariano (yes, really).

Brie,the Bullet And The Black Cat

cce of 25 November 2010

MEETING

CENTRAL COMMITTEE BUSINESS

CARREFOUR HYPER SAS

OF November 25, 2010

REPORTING CGT

The presentation of the agenda is made by a representative of the HRD.

 Approval of Minutes of the ordinary and extraordinary meetings of November 4, 2010 :

- CEC's regular November 4, 2010.

Approval	18 (17 FGTA-FO + 1 CFDT)
Forbearance	0
Against	2 (CGT)

The CGT has justified its vote by the fact that his remarks concerning this meeting was not transcribed in the PV (Not enough time to present the results GPEC of the SAVR about 247 employees from the agenda: 10 minutes instead of 45 planned ...)

- CCE special bearing on the provisions of the agreement group method ( T0), remission and reviews of documents concerning the proposed closure of SAVR and its social consequences:

Approval	18 (17 FGTA-FO + 1 CFDT)
Forbearance	0
Against	2 (CGT)

The CGT has justified its vote by the fact that his remarks concerning this meeting was not transcribed in the PV (Especially the time provided in the Agenda 10 min instead of a scheduled time, instead of this subject at the end of decentralized regular meeting in Lyon, the few participants have to leave because of the constraints transport, ...)

(As a reminder, approved Minutes are available to store managers and should be given to you if you so request).

 Consultation on the proposed deployment of the operational model :

This begins with a statement of the delegation-CFE GSC-SNEC to expose this and request the shutdown of the current restructuring within the group.

CGT delegation reads the following motion of the CGT federation of trade:

"The CGT would like to remind once again that nothing can justify not taking into early account of the precautionary principle, in terms of health risks as well as psycho-social and degradation of family life undoubtedly generated by the project "operational mode" for the scheduling system: 2h/9h - 7h/15h - 15h/23h as advocated by the Carrefour Hyper France.

is why among other things, we demand again withdrawn.

Manufactured in Montreuil November 24, 2010.

For CGT

Claudette Montoya "

In response to a letter from the federation FGTA-FO management announcement will expand the test to 15 stores instead of the two initial states and that it will review in April 2011 at the next CEC.

For this it therefore presents a new document stating its view of poor financial performance of the group. The delegation

FGTA-FO requesting the appointment of a firm to assist the economic committee. The delegation

CFDT request the establishment of a Monitoring Committee.

Consultation for the firm AREC is as follows.

Approval	18 (17 FGTA-FO + 1 CFDT)
Forbearance	0
Against	0
Refusal to vote	2 (CGT)

CGT delegation motivates his refusal to vote for his opposition to this project.

Then the CEC mandated the Economic Committee on this project unanimously (20 votes)

Finally

management to consult on extending test to 15 stores.

(Beaujoire Nantes, Dijon golden fleece, Rennes Cesson, Bourges, Charleville Mezieres, Reims Tinqueux Ollioules Lattes, Bareilly, Claye Souilly Chambourcy, Villiers beer, Lomme, Venissieux, Marseille Bonneveine)

Approval	14 (FGTA-FO)
Forbearance	3 (2fgta-FO + 1CFDT)
cons	1 (FGTA-FO)
Refusal to vote	2 (CGT)

CGT delegation has read the following statement to justify his vote ;:

"While the report previously requested by the firm Carrefour Ariane was surrounded by uncertainty, the comparative results with the old system is already showing many negative points

to be particularly vigilant and other items to be "absolutely changed."

blocking employees in time slots with repetitive work will lead to the de-classification of tasks and will pose risks to the health of the employees concerned.

Numerous studies and statistics showing more and more the negative impact of night work for employees, such as the recent Economic Report of the EESC (the Economic Social and Environmental) from July 2010 concerning the dangers of night work on both employee health (ulcers, hypertension, cancer, ...) on the disruption of family life that it engenders. The findings of the report of the EESC is logical to ask the leaders to limit and restrict as much as possible the night work.

It may be noted that the Code of Labour's attitude to work at night like a particular track to be used as part of a compelling economic activity that Carrefour could not justify until now. Carrefour can not claim to be a public service emergency.

Given all these considerations concerning the health of employees the CGT has no choice but to refuse to rule and calls for the withdrawal pure and simple business model.

The CGT said on the other hand it will initiate any action it deems necessary to counter this. "

 Information about deploying EVOLUPRO for the session 2010/2011 :

The speaker of the direction this project based on the agreements NAO.

These courses are given to employees to acquire basic French or to improve.

The employees concerned are employees of level 1-4 and level executives 7. The training takes place outside the stores.

groups of trainees are homogeneous in their level.

The duration of training is 182 hours, 7 hours per week over 9 months, 1 day per week.

training is taken on work time.

Collaborators are volunteers.

 Information / Consultation on the report "Equality :

Approval	0
Forbearance	17 (FGTA-FO)
Against	3 (2 + 1 CGT CFDT)

CGT delegation justified its vote by the following statement:

"86% of part-timers are women, remains to be defined in this figure in Women's share of voluntary part-time.

On average a woman earns less than her male colleague.

A glaring inequality of treatment if one can not say that there is no equal work, equal pay for Carrefour.

Table of earning bands speaks for itself, more pay, the less there is of women. .

Note that in the 10 highest salaries, one woman only.

We also note that 28% of women in management.

CGT wonders, how and by what means can we move towards a better workplace equality, a better equality of opportunity for women to enable employees of the store gain access to positions of responsibility can be more fulfilling but also better paid, Level 3 to coaching?

CGT, as he found many disparities or inequalities, both in terms of employment, the training compensation, gives us an unfavorable opinion. "

CGT delegation consisted of Eric Meylan (38) owner, Sylvie de Rosny (93) and Patrice SAVR the west (49) union representative.

Next scheduled meeting: December 14, 2010.