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Overhead Utility & Obstruction Assessment

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Live walk through of a House Demo

What happens here

The first physical assessment involves looking upwards to identify potential overhead obstructions. The contractor points out power lines running above and around the house, as well as a tree in the front. He explains that if an excavator were to be used for demolition, these overhead utilities and natural elements could be hit, posing significant safety and logistical challenges. This step is crucial for planning safe machinery operation and potential utility disconnections or tree removals.

Goal: Identify and plan for managing overhead utility and environmental obstructions

Tools and materials

  • Excavator — Demolishing the house (future step) - mentioned as a potential hazard with overhead lines

What they say

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associated with paperwork on a project like this now the very first thing that I look for when I come into a site like this is I look up so you've got to imagine that you're going to have a big EX avator out on a site like this to take this house down what's above you what is the arm of that excavator going to be hitting we've got power lines coming in here we've got a tree in the front we've also got more power lines around the side so although we've got this giant awesome backyard that we can park right here and just go to town on this little house we have no access to it without removing these util ilities but that is part of our job flip this around so you guys can see me that's part of our job plain and simple we have to get everything prepped and ready and there's more work guys in prepping a site like this than there's actually doing the job I swear to God in St Paul Minneapolis to do a project like this this is what I'm going to have to do you see that siding I know that's aestus I can look at that right now and tell you 100% that that is a ASB bestus base siding so my asbest contractor has to come in he has to test it then he has

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