Plus you have to register it with Miss Dig (or equivalent). Permit also?

Jon Langeler
Michwave Technologies, Inc.


> On Apr 28, 2017, at 12:53 PM, Chris Fabien <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> If these are private roads and short crossings look into a pneumatic missile 
> to cross the roads. Maybe that's the "blowing" he's talking about? I would 
> under no circumstances cut the asphalt, I'm not sure what the asphalt dude 
> would cost to repair it but it'll never be the same, especially if you trench 
> through it, likely to have some settling after it's patched and now it turns 
> into a pothole and has to get fixed again. 
> 
> There's several ways to bore under roads depending on conditions. HDD 
> (directional boring) as mentioned, pneumatic missile, and if these are only 
> ~20ft wide roads you could even probably do it with a compacting boring setup 
> on a small cable plow machine. 
> 
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>> On Wed, Apr 26, 2017 at 7:54 AM, Paul McCall <[email protected]> wrote:
>> We are finalizing plans to put fiber throughout a business park and there 9 
>> locations where we are planning on crossing private “roads” to connect the 
>> builldings with conduit (aerial not an option).  Its asphalt in 8 of the 9 
>> spots, and  the plan was to cut the asphalt (pretty sure our ditchwitch will 
>> go right through it) go down about 36” fill it in and have the local 
>> “asphalt dude” seal it up.
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> I met with the “superintendent” for the park and he said “Why don’t you just 
>> blow the conduit in?”  I laughed at first but he insisted it’s a “thing”.  
>> Says AT&T does it all the time.   My only thought is directional boring, and 
>> he insisted No, that they “blow it in”.   Of course I assume directional 
>> boring costs (sub contracting) would cost be a lot more than just cutting 
>> through the asphalt, thus my plan.
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> I don’t want to chase my tail so am seeking enlightenment.  
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> “blowing in conduit”  ???
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> Paul 😊
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> Paul McCall, President
>> 
>> PDMNet, Inc. / Florida Broadband, Inc.
>> 
>> 658 Old Dixie Highway
>> 
>> Vero Beach, FL 32962
>> 
>> 772-564-6800 
>> 
>> [email protected]
>> 
>> www.pdmnet.com
>> 
>> www.floridabroadband.com
>> 
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