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Old 06-04-2009, 06:06 PM   #41
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in those waste/ water treatment plants we do, i'd guess that 50% of duct bank pipes are spares.
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Old 06-04-2009, 09:59 PM   #42
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That looks like a job out by me, a HSBC data center in Volo IL. pictures look very similar, very nice work.
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Yeah I did all that pipe work in a day or two.
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Very impressive job. I'm not a construction guy, but man, I could take pride in that!!!!! Now we all want to know,....what in the heck is this for? Can we at least get a clue??????
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William was the first right guess. They need lots of power and are very redundant. Yes everyone was very proud of their work it definitely was a job to remember. Something else to remember we are coming up on Y2K anniversary remember the work that produced. The world was coming to stop.
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Something else to remember we are coming up on Y2K anniversary remember the work that produced. The world was coming to stop.
Are you talking about 12/12/2012?
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Are you talking about 12/12/2012?

Or these pics are 10+ years old.
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Or these pics are 10+ years old.
Thats another possibility for sure.
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No the pics are 4 yrs old. Y2K when all the computers were going to shut down. The clocks were going from 1999 to 2000. The big companies did not know what was going to happen. That produced some good work.
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I understand what y2k was, but what do you mean by an anniversary?
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Are you talking about 12/12/2012?
I believe you are referring to December 21st, 2012.

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I believer you are referring to December 21st, 2012.

http://www.coasttocoastam.com/show/2007/09/19
Ok yea thats the date.
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No just the fact that it's been 10 years since y2k. maybe should of used other words.

Steelersman. Love the pic makes me smile. Is that you or another fan?
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No just the fact that it's been 10 years since y2k. maybe should of used other words.
Ok, thanks for clearing that up.
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Steelersman. Love the pic makes me smile. Is that you or another fan?
Ty. It's another fan though unfortunately.
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Really nice looking pipe work. I never get to do stuff like that. If I am running conduit it's to finish out a run, normally less than a 10' piece. I am just a terminating kind of guy.
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Really nice looking pipe work. I never get to do stuff like that. If I am running conduit it's to finish out a run, normally less than a 10' piece. I am just a terminating kind of guy.
I think you'd probably get tired of endlessly gluing sticks of 4" together after a while though.
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The under ground was just one aspect of the job . Started with 4-5'" rigid for the high voltage then 5 other layers of pipe to complete the under ground. Then all the mechanical stuff like but not limited to, cracks, rpps, generators, fire, security, batteries, lots and lots of equipment to be installed, back ups to the back ups, etc.. lots of wire pulling, 3' raised floor. Then all the data, lots of copper and fiber. It was one of a kind.
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Loose Neutral, what was the dollar value of this project? And the $ value of the electrical portion? How many different electrical contractors were involved, or did your firm handle the whole thing soup to nuts?
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Who did all of the low voltage controls to the CRAC units and such? Also where was this project located?
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