In your country, do you use pipe to run wire through very much?

[Pete999]

Unless I've missed something, you're arguing with an electrician who is following an engineer's instruction. It's not really their place to tell that engineer how to do their job.

Oh I dunno, met a few dipstick Engineers in my time, by all means question them politely

 

[Mike Johnson]

The problem is that most Electricians would not know the difference between a "Site Engineer" and a qualified "Structural Engineer" a Structural Engineer would never have allowed the concrete to be cast on earth and onto paving slabs as spacers.

 

[Maji236]

The problem is that most Electricians would not know the difference between a "Site Engineer" and a qualified "Structural Engineer" a Structural Engineer would never have allowed the concrete to be cast on earth and onto paving slabs as spacers.

It WAS questioned, the whole deal, before I got there. (Thought I made it clear) I was told, "this is what we want." My boss did say it should be on top of a "pad", the engineer disagreed, till the day before our first pour. He said it should be raised up off the dirt. You almost HEAR our eyes rolling into the backs of oue collective heads. The blocks were my (cheap, easy) suggestion. Had to send guys in to pry it up on each side at each spacer to do this.
You've made me out to be an: "OK BOSS I JUST DO AS I TOLD". I try to pick my battles, carefully. I came in and read the room correctly. We knew it was at least sufficient (50-100 years?) before the feeders would be in question. Structural engineer, site engineer... whatever; his seal is on those prints.
Cheers

PS. You've helped prove my point: every engineer thinks they're correct.

 

[Mike Johnson]

There should not be any dirt for it to be raised off, and to add to your comment, every Electrician thinks they know more.
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Oh I dunno, met a few dipstick Engineers in my time, by all means question them politely

Most Qualified Engineers I find to be very sensible, it's the ones who are not qualified and call themselves engineers that tend to be dipsticks, but then I find a lot of supposedly qualified electricians to be very off the wall.

 

[DPG]

There should not be any dirt for it to be raised off, and to add to your comment, every Electrician thinks they know more.
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Most Qualified Engineers I find to be very sensible, it's the ones who are not qualified and call themselves engineers that tend to be dipsticks, but then I find a lot of supposedly qualified electricians to be very off the wall.

A very derogatory comment about electricians that.

 

[Mike Johnson]

A very derogatory comment about electricians that.

I know, sad isn't it.

 

[Grant1987]

I know, sad isn't it.

Cream of the crop we are don’t let anyone tell you otherwise I love my job and one of the lucky few who does

 

[freddo]

Well I did some conduit last week, it started as 3 pieces and I got a bit carried away... I wanted some practice. I learned a lot about measuring sets, something I sucked badly at, not easy when we don't really have bending formulas in the UK. Shame we only get to do 3 or 4 small steel conduit installs a year. No conduit graveyard at the end either! If I did it again I would plan the routes so the pipes didn't cross over, oh well.

 

[Mike Johnson]

Nice to see a decent access platform.

 

[freddo]

Nice to see a decent access platform.

One of its batteries exploded recently.

 

[Grant1987]

Nice to see a decent access platform.

You should be admiring the galv conduit never mind the access platform I know you was being sarcastic but that work is a thing of beauty well done mate ?