I loved it. It was alot of fun. I had a little res service exp early on. All comm/ind after. I was over power distribution on last few jobs for Denier. They were training some of us to be the next line of foreman on the multi-million dollar jobs. Was intense. But fun. Was also beginning to safety train our guys on equipment. Loved it.

 

They do alot of design/build work with Duke (GC). Lots of mc, plug and play. Thats why i loved power dist. Got to do all the rigging to set gear, big wire, big pipe. Last power dist job i did was 1.4 mill sq ft Excel warehouse on corner of Alum Creek & Rohr Rd in Obetz. Several 1000' runs of 750 mcm alum pulls. We also set all the rtu's with a helicopter. Good times.

 

Toyota altezza!! Chump

 

Rtu's with a Heli?! Sweet!
I played with girder cranes in the steel mill for almost a year.
Did quite a bit of confined space and high voltage gear.
I love runnin the big conduit, and setting gear.
Sounds like you get as much fun as I do.
I'm just burnt out on chasing overtime.

 

Yes.

The Denier machine is not unknown to any of us southwesterners. I have a couple on my crew that came from there when they were regrouping. One of them went back and the other is one of my top guys. Denier is a special animal - electric by numbers - not really much room forthe field decisions based on skill because the office and engeneering machine has every aspect planned out.

I'm getting ready to head to IPSCO, formerly Newport Steel, for shutdown. Then probably back to ZF Steering for more expansion.

 

You mean Eastgate.... I drive by there every day, well on 275.... I get off St the Loveland exit. I pick up a fella on my way in from morrow to Florence.

I wired that jiffy lube by udf about 20 years ago....

 

Rough-In-Ready baby!!!

 

Betcha didnt know that scissor lift u ride around on started at Denier:

http://www.denier.com/History/history2.htm

 

They'll never let us forget that!

You ever use rough-n-ready? We tried a sample a few years back. It was more hassle than its worth. In an attempt to eliminate steps they create problems for the finish product. Screw-pops, forcing over cutting by drywalled so nothing fits tight, reworking to meet real world applications. A noble attempt and great concept but falls flat with implementation.

 

We used it on nearly every project! Im a pipe and wire guy, so getting adapted took me a couple jobs. The foreman will take the prints before the job, schedule/map/measure each cable to be installed in rough in. That cable "map" is then duplicated and given to the crew. The shop fabs the mapped cables, later arriving in numbered boxes with cable, connectors, box, and devices already complete. Once used to it, it was incredibly easy and fast. You could rough walls in i a third of the time easy. Once u got use to it!

 

There was like 40 of them. Rtu's and exhaust fans. The had it done in about 3 hrs or so. Would have taken days with a crane. It was nuts!

 

I'm not knocking their system. When it works it works well but put those fellas on a smaller job where they have to make field decisions and it falls apart. A lot of politics and favoritism there. The one fella that went back to em from us did so because he fit in there and I guess we weren't clicky enough and he didn't have anywhere to fit in. The other guys are fine but can still see traces of displacement of responsibility that came from the denier machine.

They set about 15 rtu with chopper here. We are on airport property (leased land on the outskirts) and believe it or not it was easier to get a helicopter here than applying for crane time. CVG is cooky. Did some work there before and its a different world! They had crane for the larger building's units but they were 12 ton, so...

I've been here since Feb last year, I'm ready for a change!

 

Went to the JY today. It was great day out for it. I tried to pick up the stuff i need for rear disc brakes. I couldnt for the life of me get the cross pin bolt out of the diff without a torch so i guess i go another day. There were tons of I6 ZJ & XJs. Found nice looking Driveshafts and front axle shafts. I wanna go pick those up. Found a couple good front seats. So many spare parts I wanna go pick up.

 

This i know - the guys trained in that atmosphere, would have a rough time elsewhere at first. Glad i was other way around. I worked there the last 2 1/2 yrs of trade before ministry. Glad it happened that way.

 

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