high level 95mm2 SWA run

[Spoon]

Number One, you don't cable tie to existing installed cables, all your doing is adding additional weight to the fixings of that cable, maybe beyond it's capabilities!! Also, most cable ties are not designed to carry weight, but only to hold cables in place, ...such as on a cable tray/basket.QUOTE]

But you haven't mentioned 'grouping factors' mate :30:

 

[Brightspark2]

What is he fixing the cleats with? Rawl bolts? Or inch and a half 8's haha.

Ha ha just what ever he has loose in the van...couple of this size, couple of that size...

 

[richy3333]

It's hard enough installing 100m of 95mm SWA cables on cable tray at that height, cleating it at that height, with that number of manpower, and without the correct equipment and your all just asking for an accident to happen!!

But on the plus side, they are already on site at the hospital so A&E shouldn't be far away

 

[Guest111]

I,ve contracted in a hospital and it,s hard enough to get a parking permit,there is absolutely no way that their engineer is going to have this.even if you manage to lash it in without him seeing it I can guarantee he'll tell you to rip it out and do it properly,that,s assuming he doesn't specify how he wants it done in the first place.

 

[Guest55]

Have been roped into assisting with a 100 metre SWA run at appr. 4.0-6.0m high, the guy has not priced to fit strut or tray and intends to cleat to wall and cable-tie to existing larger armoureds, trouble is I know how this guy works....on a 'shoe-string'!!
Any suggestions on best/easiest way of 4 blokes managing this SWA, bear in mind its in hospital grounds and under a 'watchful-eye' of health and safety etc!!!
Has been mentioned about using a scissor lift/cherry-picker that's on site already but I know that's just not enough and 4 blokes isn't enough.

This contractor reminds me of someone on t.v.........





;-D

 

[Darkwood]

My old man is the main Electrical on-site chief whip engineer for a local hospital and they are very strict and ensure all design and installs meet strict requirements.... i don't get the OP post, he's posted it asked for suggestions and disappeared if this set-up is as he suggests then as soon as their own in-house Engineers see the work they will ask for it re-doing, they should have been given a design draft or asked to submit one for confirmation...... something just dosn't ring true here!!

 

[Amp David]

its because hes a goon

 

[shanky887614]

And exactly as it should be!! He at the end of the day, is responsible for the smooth running of all the services on the engineering side of that hospital!!

not the engineerinh head the actual head of the hospital, he keeps a very active role

 

[Engineer54]

not the engineerinh head the actual head of the hospital, he keeps a very active role

If he has any sense, he'll be taking guidance from the Hospital Engineer, as this is the guy that has the overall responsibility for all the engineering services within the hospital, not the Hospital Administrator or whatever they call them these days!! May be your guy has made the jump from being a Hospital Engineer to Administrator, and so would know what he's talking about, or perhaps this is a small hospital and is in a dual role as Hospital Engineer and Administrator...

From my experience, and i've spent a good many years of my career in Hospital construction projects and maintenance, the Hospital Engineers i have known, and interviewed are no-bodies dummies, they can't afford to be!!

 

[shanky887614]

If he has any sense, he'll be taking guidance from the Hospital Engineer, as this is the guy that has the overall responsibility for all the engineering services within the hospital, not the Hospital Administrator or whatever they call them these days!! May be your guy has made the jump from being a Hospital Engineer to Administrator, and so would know what he's talking about, or perhaps this is a small hospital and is in a dual role as Hospital Engineer and Administrator...

From my experience, and i've spent a good many years of my career in Hospital construction projects and maintenance, the Hospital Engineers i have known, and interviewed are no-bodies dummies, they can't afford to be!!

he made the leap and knows the place better than any current employee.

 

[Engineer54]

he made the leap and knows the place better than any current employee.

There you go then!! lol!!

What's the betting his also ex-Naval?? For some reason, many of the British Hospital Engineers i've come across, were ex navy Engineers lol!!

 

[dublin sparks 0]

100Mts 95mm SWA is that three or four core, I'd cut it into 10 Mt lengths then four men could handle it easily, you'd have a few terminations to do but shared between 4 men shouldn't be too hard, you may have to all balance on each others shoulders to reach to do the glanding but I think I know the chap who's priced the work is his name "Billy Smart" this should be some performance lol

great idea mate then with the short lenghts to the nearest scrap yard thats great bloke to work for did his big stetson on his head not give him away

 

[paulr57]

Did a job like this in Leeds, 1998. Bank call centre basement. There were about 15 of us, loads of rope and two forklifts. This size SWA categorically goes on its own heavy duty tray.

 

[Guest154]

a dont get the guys on here "walk away" "walk away" why? because its a tough job and the cable size is over 2.5 get stuck in , tell the guy ur not happy and its better to cleat it the whole run as said in above posts cable jacks and rollers scissor lift and 4 men, job done aye its a nightmare but the hard jobs are what make you a better spark .

 

[Engineer54]

a dont get the guys on here "walk away" "walk away" why? because its a tough job and the cable size is over 2.5 get stuck in , tell the guy ur not happy and its better to cleat it the whole run as said in above posts cable jacks and rollers scissor lift and 4 men, job done aye its a nightmare but the hard jobs are what make you a better spark .

4 guy's working in/under unsafe conditions installing what is going to be a total lash-up, will not under any stretch of the imagination, make you a better spark!!