[lug] Datacenter electrician in Tech Center

[Sean Reifschneider]

On Thu, Feb 27, 2003 at 03:47:55PM -0700, Kyle Moore wrote:
>Can anyone recommend a good electrician for datacenter work in the Tech
>Center? The ones we were using were flakes about showing up when scheduled
>and the new ones we just tried I won't let back in the building.

I know EXACTLY what you mean...  When we had our server space wired up
with A/C and extra circuits, I had a similar problem.  We called the
place the manager of our building recommended, and they sent one of
their experienced guys out to do the estimate...

Then when we said "ok" and scheduled some time to do the work, it was
just one problem after another.  First of all, they just showed up...
I had to scramble to get to the server place at <gasp> 8am...  Then the
two guys they sent out were totally green, and the one guy who talked,
everything he said was just so off-base...

"Whoa, this is going to require major drywall work!"  "Actually, there's
already conduit in the walls."  "Whoa, there aren't enough free slots in
the breaker box!"  "Well, these two slots are available for the A/C unit
that you're hooking up."  "What A/C unit?!?"  I pointed at their
work-order where it said "Hook up A/C unit and 3 110v circuits."

I had this nagging voice in the back of my head that told me we'd be
lucky if these guys didn't take out the power for the entire portion of
the city if I actually let them at it.

I finally dismissed them, and we had the work done by Albin Electric up
here in Fort Collins.  They *ROCK*, they did a fantastic job.  Depending
on how much work you have and how busy they are, they might be willing
to go to Denver...

Sean
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