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Matt3989 t1_isytx71 wrote

Reply to comment by Constant-Ice6916 in Exelon gas line work -- will it ever end? And will they clean it up? by CosmicRayCharles

Does the city let you get away with cold patches for scheduled work? And what do you do about steel plates and plows? And scheduling gas shutdowns in the middle of winter?

Sure, emergency distribution system work can be done in the winter, along with transmission work that can be built using microtunneling, but why would you be purposely phasing construction that includes patches, plates, and gas shutdowns over the winter months?

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Constant-Ice6916 t1_isyw43j wrote

"Why would you be purposely phasing construction that includes patches, plates, and gas shutdowns over the winter months?"

Because the winters in Baltimore aren't really all that bad and our work doesn't require the customer to be without gas for prolonged periods of time, (few hours at most). Sure, if the temperature looks like it'll get close to below freezing, we'll stop doing service work until the temperature improves - but work on mains is unaffected.

And yes - the city allows us to "get away" with cold patches. They don't require the use of hot mix like some of the other municipalities & counties do.

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