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puckman

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i have a customer who owns a condo in a high rise and any work needs a permit, certificate of insurance, and a drawing. he purchased a 8' rail for lights. his ceiling is concrete and no electric on ceiling. he wants a channel
cut on the ceiling to bring power to the transformer for the rail.
my question is has anyone come across anything like this? i don't see the powers that be granting permission. and does anyone see liability in doing this? thanks for any help.
 
It's done all the time along NJ's "Gold Coast" where the hi-rise construction is all poured in place deck jobs. You measure wrong - or miss the light altogether, you gotta do something.
Channel it out, then put in some pipe or smurf.
 
While that is certainly true Chris, it has not been , in my experience, an issue.

The PT (post tensioning) system is usually sandwiched between the rebar frame work of the slab. Attacking the slab with a demo gun will not cut through the rebar - as the operator will keep chiseling away at a more "friendly" location.
 
The one and only time I had this request, the building owner's association had rules that any chiseling on the slab had to be done by hand. That ruled out cutting a channel across the ceiling for economic reasons. That building was only 3 stories anyhow, so I'm not even sure why it had an owner's association.
 
celtic said:
It's done all the time along NJ's "Gold Coast" where the hi-rise construction is all poured in place deck jobs. You measure wrong - or miss the light altogether, you gotta do something.
Channel it out, then put in some pipe or smurf.
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Been there, Done that. Only difference was EMT was the Spec... It was on New Construction & the Engineer was always involved with the condo changes that involved deck cutting.
 
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