Fun At Construction Sites!

by DIzzIE

FUN AT CONSTRUCTION SITES!

BY: DIzzIE 2001!

OBSERVATION/PREPARATION:

Before you actually penetrate into the sacred lands of a construction site you must first achieve complete (or, at least partial) enlightenment. Spend a day or two with a stopwatch, a notebook, and some binoculars, observing the construction site. Make sure you are not extremely noticeable in your "observations," find a place across the street in the bushes, or wear a convincing disguise. Things to time and look for include:

The time the workers show up in the morning.

The time the workers leave in the afternoon.

Do the workers work on the weekends? Do they work every weekday?

When do the workers have lunch? Do they leave the site for lunch?

Is there a security guard at night? Does the guard walk around the site at regular intervals, or just sits at one post?

You also need to familiarize yourself with the site itself. If possible, you should obtain a copy of the blueprints (which can be semi-easily stolen from the construction site in the day time when everyone is very busy). Let's just say that you need to know enough about the site to be able to maneuver yourself without slamming into one of those damn outhouses. What type of security does the site have? Fences? With barbed wire, or razor wire? Once you have basic knowledge of the site, you need to decide when you are going to go there. Pick a time when the workers are gone, and an ideal time is when the construction is right in the middle, in other words: don't come on the first day when there will be nothing there except a couple of bulldozers, and don't come on the last day when the project already has been completed, and all the tools, the "goodies," have been taken away (unless you bring a couple sticks of dynamite). After deciding on your time and date, you need to get the right tools. These may vary slightly, according to your best judgment, but you will usually need the following:

A wire cutter that can cut through the fence, or you can simply use it to snip the barbed/razor wire on top and climb over the fence.

Gloves!

Spray paint, for some good ol' graffiti fun.

A flashlight (in case you will infiltrate the site during the night).

An amateur lock picking kit (you might need to pick a lock of a supply shed)

Any other tools that you will need, but think that they wont be at the construction site, or, for some reason, they will be out of reach, this can include screwdrivers, a demolition hammer (one of those giant mallets), a saw, etc;

INSIDE THE CONSTRUCTION SITE

Now that you have thoroughly prepared for your mission you may actually enter the site. Find a vulnerable spot around the perimeter, such as a gap between the fence and the ground, a hole in the fence, and unlocked gate, etc. Once you have gotten in, take a good look around. Are all the cool tools (the jackhammers, the electrical saws, etc) outside? If you do not see them, look for a storage center. This can simply be a plain shack, or one of those great big metal containers you often see at construction sites. Both the shack and the metal containers will probably be locked; however, the shack can usually be easily opened by either taking off the hinges, or simply breaking off the things to which the look is attached to (assuming the shack has an external padlock). The big metal containers appear quite stealthy and you can try to pick the lock, look for any weak spots, or you can break into the construction office, usually a little makeshift shack off to the side somewhere, and find the keys in there. You may also want to come to the site during the day time, when everyone is working and the container will be unlocked, and the key might actually be in the lock.

Next, after gaining possession of all the tools at the site, move on to the actual construction project. Usually the project will be a building and at the time you enter the site it should be about half way done. This is where the fun really begins. Your goal is to cause as much damage as possible. Knock down the freshly built walls, smash all the windows and window frames, and pound on all of the pipes, bending them and rendering them useless. If wet cement was applied anywhere and it is still not dry, feel free to write a nice message in the cement also. If you see any spare wood and other building materials sitting around the site, take them!. You can later sell them outside a Home Depot store for a cheap price, at a swap meet, or you can even organize your own "building materials sale," just not at your house. See if you can find the keys to the tractor or crane, try checking in the glove compartment box, in the shade thingies above the dashboard, or at the construction office. If you see exposed, yet active, electrical wires (and you probably will) grab the wire by its rubber coating and put it in contact with the fence (when you have already gotten out of the construction site, having left the wire within reach on the other side)! Or you can just make puddles of water all around the site, making sure that you stick at least one electrical wire into each puddle, do this as you are about to leave. If you did everything right, next morning you should see a little column in the newspaper talking about some crazy jackass who completely ruined a valuable construction site, with damages costing thousands of dollars!