Posted on 01/27/2021 8:25:10 AM PST by Hojczyk
When I was doing construction management, about the only things I could rely on to not be a daily drama of issues to deal with were main pipelines and the electricians. Pipeline wise as an example, 1800 feet of new natural gas service 6” underground line in 2 days. First day was all the underground line and 1 road crossing. Second day was doing the end connections. Bam done. Heck, I even had the roadway repaired and the the tench filled, smoothed and reseeded with grasses.
A different kind of example for bulk natural gas. A company took over operations of an industrial facility and I was brought in to run it during the transition starting day zero. This was in the Lake George area of NY. Mountains and cold winters. I found the facility's 5000 gal propane tank so low the level didn't even register. Once I figgered out who the distributor was, I called them up and a truck was rerouted to give a small emergency amount and a full bulk delivery scheduled for a few days later. Terrific response and service. When the truck arrived for the quick shot of propane, we found some corrosion such that the tank needed to be replaced. The propane truck stayed onsite while the propane company and I sorted out what needed to be done.
Solution... The truck on site gave me a very small shot of propane to get by 24 hours. The next day, a tanker rolled in to pump out the old tank accompanied by a flatbed truck with a new replacement tank and work crew. After inspection certified the installation, the tanker topped up the new tank. The is flexible capability and is typical.
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When I worked in a laborers union I found union electricians to be absolute prima donnas.
Example of daily drama... The mechanical and concrete foremen were arguing then I got called in to resolve. The concrete foreman had placed a passageway in the footing wall for a piping pass through. The mechanical foreman was prefabing the pipe sections and the pipe routing did not match at the outdoor tank connection. We looked at the structural and mechanical layouts and found out that both had built to spec and the tank provider had fouled up a nozzle location. It was a bolted steel tank and a bottom panel had been put in the wrong location.
The tank installer was still on site so I had him on his own $$$ take the whole tank down and put the panel in the correct orientation. When the mechanical contractor circled back to the pipeline installation, we found out when installing the pipe that the tank manufacturer had also attached the nozzle a few degrees off spec so the prefab pipe still would not fit. I authorized a change order on my own $$$ to the mechanical company that covered some minor rework of the prefab pipe. No way did I want those tank people on site again plus I had a serious safety issue with them earlier.
Electricians know how to run wire, that's about it. You mechanics understand how thing are assembled and how they're supposed to operate. We laborers knew how to do dig, work with bricklayers, work with concrete, clean up and also how to demolish buildings, a dangerous job in itself.
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