"Thinking of building defenses for Team, things needed for post dayZed, fixing living quarters and buildings needed for extended living and storage.
Simple repairs that often turn into "aww damn, thats not gonna be as EASY as we thought..." done by the knowledge_lacking are all too often not *right*, take up far too much time, and eat materials up at prolific rates.

I'm thinking that along with "martial artistry", guns and pikes, whippin' and wrasslin' skills, taking a cadre of willing volunteers on to teach the basics of which end of tools go where and when will help our Groups endeavors greatly.

Tough to try and teach someone in midst of great need how to run a square and hammer for best effect with precious fasteners of all types.

"Hey kid, hand me that framing square!" *Blank look returned* "...that big rusty thing that is L shaped, has numbers and letters on it!" *Continued blank stare...*

Concrete construction, (wet, slurry), can be aided by knowledgeable folks, who have been trained up. We can build, dig, fix, repair, even build new as long as we've got people who can run our tools.

I've spent 30 years in various ends of concrete, steel, and some wood construction.
Being able to depend on The Crew is as far as "making money" the hardest part of work.

Making folks constructors out of the various and assorted Survivors we'll find could be a tough, but necessary job. Survivors Corps of Engineers...

Advise, ideas, things that have worked, add this thread:

*EOM*
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"I could possibly contain skills that are useful. I work a lot in the wood shop we have here on campus."