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WHOA - I'm dealing with sensory over-load. Two fetish fixes in one place - Cool pipe work, and two man lifts from the movie Aliens...

The Layout is one of two things:
  1. CAD full-stop
  2. Head scratching non-stop.
 
alfiesauce said:
?? It's a straight through pull box, a whole lot easier to work in then a rack of pull c's
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Granted, yet it looks like a 60"?60" box. I figure it should be 67"?67".
 
Great pipe job! What kind of anchors are they using in the concrete? That's a lot of weight, even if the conductors are aluminum. Oh! and be careful of what you take pictures of, OSHA likes pictures too!
 
Pierre C Belarge said:
The measurements for the bending are taken in what I believe to be a fairly new system, and is quite unique. The guy taking the measurements is miles away from the jobsite. He has cad drawings that are constantly being updated. He takes the measurements off of the cad and emails it to the job, where it is electronically entered into the bender. You have seen some of the results, here are more.
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Now that is interesting! :cool:

The Greenlee bender doesn't appear to have that capability, so they must be using a different manufacturer. Do you have any more specifics on this process and what kind of equipment they are using?
 
Excellent pictures , that looks like a really fun job to be on.......Lets just hope there all going to the right place..
 
I have known the general foreman for this company for quite awhile. He is well suited for the job and takes a lot of pride - which is quite obvious.

I can also say he is pulling his hair out almost daily. Imagine what one change could do here.
 
why so much conduit? is there no distribution equipment throughout the building? im used to seeing a bunch of bus duct going up the riser, plus a pile of conduit feeding whatevers on the lower levels. ive never seen anything like this.......
 
Man, the tinner is going to be pretty ticked off when he gets to the job and discovers that the 10' ceilings are already full of EMT. :D

After hearing how the bends are prescribed by computer, my pleasure in viewing the work is slightly diminished. I'd almost take it as removing the fun part out of piping, IMO. I suppose it is a massive savings of pipe and labor in calculation, but it removes the art from the project, in a way.

But it's still a wonder to behold.
 
George Stolz said:
Man, the tinner is going to be pretty ticked off when he gets to the job and discovers that the 10' ceilings are already full of EMT. :D

After hearing how the bends are prescribed by computer, my pleasure in viewing the work is slightly diminished. I'd almost take it as removing the fun part out of piping, IMO. I suppose it is a massive savings of pipe and labor in calculation, but it removes the art from the project, in a way.

But it's still a wonder to behold.
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I believe the conduit is being installed after all the other trades, hence the cad/measurements.


I hope when you say slightly that is what you really mean. Have you ever been in a building like this under construction. Nothing is easy.
 
wireguru said:
why so much conduit? is there no distribution equipment throughout the building? im used to seeing a bunch of bus duct going up the riser, plus a pile of conduit feeding whatevers on the lower levels. ive never seen anything like this.......
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That was my first question also.

As I mentioned earlier, since there are 6 different buildings within one and there is up to 6 inches of movement in multiple directions, I believe that eliminated the use of busduct.
 
George Stolz said:
Man, the tinner is going to be pretty ticked off when he gets to the job and discovers that the 10' ceilings are already full of EMT. :D
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Poor tin-banger - so used to being #1 in the game of "Big Hole - Small Hole" and being first. :rolleyes:
 
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chris kennedy said:
Did you check this pull box sizing?

Granted, yet it looks like a 60"?60" box. I figure it should be 67"?67".
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How did you calculate that? For a straight pull it's 8X the largest conduit. So 8*4"= 32" minimum box length. Even if they used 6" conduit you would still only need 48".


alfiesauce said:
?? It's a straight through pull box, a whole lot easier to work in then a rack of pull c's
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With 500-700 kcmil conductors C conduit bodies would not satisfy the code requirement for a pulling point.
 
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