It is a challenge to stay ahead of all the permanent service work with so much new construction happening right now. Maintaining good working relationships with builders and contractors is essential as I coordinate with them to ensure our work gets done on time and there is room for my crew to do our work. Worksites are often congested with traffic, subcontractors, and materials. Coordinating this can be a time-consuming part of my job and we don’t want to slow down any construction projects.
We are always looking for ways to be more efficient and improve our processes. Recently, on some projects, we have changed our process to dig and install the conduit underground immediately after the foundation of a house is poured. Then we concrete anchor the meter to the foundation, so we don’t have to dig a trench and install conduit later, which involves digging around the houses, eves, and contractors.