Alwayslearningelec
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- Estimator
I heard that there is a labor savings for parallel runs of conduit. What makes there a labor savings for say a bank of 5, 6, 7 or 8 runs?
If you run it on strut, you are installing less strut, if you are on a lift you can take pipe with you, the labor savings is because you are already there. To go back again would cost more.
But I imagine you meant how do you adjust your labor hours?
There can be big savings from using the first pipe as a prototype of sort as well because a lot of the work can be done in the shop instead of the field. having seen this done a few times, and seen how fast it can go up, I am amazed more ECs do not approach the problem this way.
I don't understand what you mean..
I don't understand what you mean..
let's say you have a rack of twelve 4" conduits. a lot of the bends can be
ordered bent in the shop and sent out.. if it's emt, you bend a couple
inches long, and cut to fit.
some people think it's faster, but a one shot bender can bend a 4" emt
90 in under two minutes... but you don't have bender set up and teardown,
and you have cheaper shop labor doing the work.
if you've just got a couple of pieces to bend, that makes sense. if you've
got a ton of bending to do, it's a waste of time.
i had an old post here about bending stuff up on the ground and then
putting it up all at once.. i went looking for it, but alas, i talk to much, and
it was losted....