Need Adivce on Charity Job

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Sadly we live in a lawyer and litigious society.....back in the olden days peeps would get together with their neighbors and build the church together no questions asked . Neighbors would help each other ..... What sparky hasnt helped his neighbor across the street? This is a bit scaled up of course. I think if you can afford to do it , i would go for it. If you have been blessed with the time to put in to it, then i say give some back. That being said , i would run to the GC and have a heart to heart with him. Lay it all out . I just hate to see the
lawyer always win in this day and age.
 
I have done quite a bit of work for Habitat for Humanity over the years, and regularly donate material to their re-store (they won?t take 3 phase panels btw). Every job I have ever seen them build has a contracted EC and PC on the project and they do not accept volunteer labor for those portions of their projects. You can volunteer to hang sheet rock, sand, sweep, and even help frame but you can?t touch the electrical or plumbing.
 
Thanks for the help.

Thanks for the help.

I saw several questions in the responses. I will try to answer them here. My relation to the project is that I attend the church that is building this gym. The job will be inspected.
My problem is the person that supervising everything has no experience. His intentions are good, but he has no real experience. No "volenteer" electricians are able to be there all of the time, and a lot of work is being done during the day. This person is also pushing for the work to be done very fast. Everyone here knows fast=mistakes even when you know what you are doing. More work is being created because many things are having to be reworked.
This is a tough situation. I have not been involved in this as of yet.
 
I've done a lot of charity work for churches through the years. Due to enough strange experiences like those posted here, I no longer provide free service for churches located in a first world country.

A side note: IMHO, church is supposed to be more about people than infrastructure.
 
that's a tough situation. a friend of mine was almost run out of business because of a charity church job ( he got blamed for a fire, sued, etc etc ). if you want to help the church, you could donate money, offer to help with other tasks (not electrical), or offer to do the work but explain that your lawyer has told you that you can only due it in full. anyway, that's all I could think of. hope you find a way to help that doesn't put your livelyhood and your family's security at stake.
 
Check to see if this set-up is even viable. An EC cannot just bring in volunteers to do work they have to be bonafide employees under lincesee supervision. I'm not sure how that applies in charitable situations, so check. If it were me, and I do plenty of work at my church, I would make sure that I could supervise or I don't know that I would partake. My church may be a little different because everybody knows what I do, so they understand that it would be my undertaking. It sounds like you have a much larger project going on. I agree with the statement earlier that if you are clear of liablitiy, help where you can and let the GC handle the responsiblity. Do what you can to make it safe and "assist" others where they may be in error. If church leadership is counting on you to make sure it is right because they know you and your qualifications, have a sit down with them and the GC to clear up the roles of all parties. Design issues, where you are concerned about adequete lighting in some areas, are a whole separate nut to crack. It sounds like issues that have already been decided and laid out. Outside of suggesting change orders there may not be that much you can do.
 
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