This is actually a great question-and one I ment to address earlier but haven’t had time.

t&y said:

@The Chicken I’m assuming you have a scematic of how you lay the pipe out prior to the install and it looks like some of them are just loops between two different locations. Are these all going to be terminated inside some type of covered shed or panel and what would be the purpose of loop between the two?

Hope that question makes sense.

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I actually developed the layout of all this equipment as a service to the project because it didn’t have a coherent layout or location for all the gear.

All of the gear we are using is outdoor rated, so there will be no shed-just a concrete pad with a lot of stuff bolted to it. Normally I’d have less underground, but the physical size of this equipment and space constraints dictated that the equipment be installed in a way was going to require a jungle of conduit either above or below ground. We elected to go underground as I feel it looks better, offers some cost savings, and allows us some leeway in how the conduits are routed.

I’m going to try and see if I can post a short video that sorta explains everything that is going on here.

Here are the plans I drew up for this part of the project.

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First, this is kinda an overhead overview of what the pad looks like, what goes on it, and some of the layout dimensions.

This is the elevation view of the east side of the equipment pad.

This is a rough map of what conduits go where just showing them as straight conduits-THAT would’ve been nice!😄😄

This page shows all the critical dimensions we have to land the conduits in. Most of these conduits need to land in very precise locations-about +/- 1/8”- for to properly connect to their intended devices. This is what makes the process so tedious.

This is our conduit schedule for the project.
It’s basically an itemized list of every conduit, where each end goes, what goes in it, and any reference data to the several different plan sets that go with this job.
This is a simple way to keep track of all the conduits, and to be able to double check that each one has been accounted for in the plans, and installed correctly-meaning did it get installed at all, is it the right size, and is it going to the right places. The conduit schedule is sort of an essential piece of paper to keep this type of work on track.