Hello everyone,
I have a question regarding utility connections.
We will soon start building a detached single-family house without a basement with a developer.
According to the construction manager, I am supposed to take care of the utility providers. I have now learned that separate companies are responsible for gas (A), electricity (B), and water (C).
I have seen that A also offers a multi-utility house connection. I am getting a quote from them. I still need to get quotes from B and C as well. B offers a “worry-free” package, meaning the line is installed without any work on my part.
Now my question is, how can I coordinate so that all of them roughly install their lines at the same time (telecommunications will also be involved), without having the supply trench opened and closed repeatedly?
😕
Thank you very much and best regards,
Ingo
I have a question regarding utility connections.
We will soon start building a detached single-family house without a basement with a developer.
According to the construction manager, I am supposed to take care of the utility providers. I have now learned that separate companies are responsible for gas (A), electricity (B), and water (C).
I have seen that A also offers a multi-utility house connection. I am getting a quote from them. I still need to get quotes from B and C as well. B offers a “worry-free” package, meaning the line is installed without any work on my part.
Now my question is, how can I coordinate so that all of them roughly install their lines at the same time (telecommunications will also be involved), without having the supply trench opened and closed repeatedly?
😕
Thank you very much and best regards,
Ingo
Der Da schrieb:
Well, make a lot of phone calls and just leave the trench open; after the last one, it will be closed.Thank you for your reply. For example, can I tell the electricity provider with the package to please close the hole later?
R
R.Hotzenplotz12 Mar 2018 20:36The same task is coming up for me now. I have to coordinate the utility connections. We are also getting a multi-utility house connection. At the moment, the gas provider can only offer a preferred calendar week. Then we also have electricity, water, and telecommunications. It's difficult to coordinate all of that. Who should ideally be scheduled last? Should I then have that one come two weeks later? Or is that also a problem if there is such a big time gap?
So, forget about coordinating everything yourself. Here, academic process knowledge meets German civil engineering, and civil engineering is in charge. Dig deep, throw far. The order—whether for multi-utility connections or traditional side-by-side installations—is water and gas first, since they are laid deepest, then electricity, and finally telephone lines on top.
That’s the theory. In practice, since gas, water, electricity, and telecom come, in the worst case, from four different companies, and in the best case from three, you’ll end up somewhere on a list whose schedule you cannot influence at all. When it’s finally your turn, their subcontractor comes, digs the trench, and lays their cable or pipe. And because they couldn’t care less about kids or canaries falling in, they’ll immediately backfill the trench. If you’re smart enough to dig the trench yourself, you might experience the electrician arriving first, complaining that the trench is too deep, their cable is hanging in the air, and since they have to submit it covered with soil, they’ll fill it up, lay the cable, and close the trench. Then the homeowner can play Rumpelstiltskin—they call Eon or whoever, say the homeowner is being difficult, get told to leave, and wait for the next contractor.
My advice for somewhat reasonable coordination is: don’t do it yourself. Leave electricity to the electrician, have the plumber apply for gas and water permits, sign their forms blank, trust that they know their contacts, and hope for the best. But no one can avoid contacting the telecom homeowner service.
Karsten
That’s the theory. In practice, since gas, water, electricity, and telecom come, in the worst case, from four different companies, and in the best case from three, you’ll end up somewhere on a list whose schedule you cannot influence at all. When it’s finally your turn, their subcontractor comes, digs the trench, and lays their cable or pipe. And because they couldn’t care less about kids or canaries falling in, they’ll immediately backfill the trench. If you’re smart enough to dig the trench yourself, you might experience the electrician arriving first, complaining that the trench is too deep, their cable is hanging in the air, and since they have to submit it covered with soil, they’ll fill it up, lay the cable, and close the trench. Then the homeowner can play Rumpelstiltskin—they call Eon or whoever, say the homeowner is being difficult, get told to leave, and wait for the next contractor.
My advice for somewhat reasonable coordination is: don’t do it yourself. Leave electricity to the electrician, have the plumber apply for gas and water permits, sign their forms blank, trust that they know their contacts, and hope for the best. But no one can avoid contacting the telecom homeowner service.
Karsten
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