You can have a crew lined up, materials on site, and every trade ready to move, then the gas hookup slips and the whole project starts breathing through a straw. That's the part people don't see until they're looking at a stalled occupancy permit, a...
A lot of jobs don't get knocked off track by one dramatic disaster. They get stalled by a smaller, uglier problem. Cold weather hits early, the permanent gas service still isn't live, temporary heat wasn't booked, commissioning can't proceed,...
A utility delay can put a jobsite in a bad spot fast. The slab is scheduled, interior trades are lined up, commissioning is blocked, and someone needs gas service now, not when the permanent meter finally goes live. That's when the pricing question gets urgent....
A temporary gas problem rarely starts as a gas problem. It starts when the building is nearly ready, the heaters need to run, the generator needs fuel for commissioning, or the utility outage stretches longer than the project schedule can tolerate. Everyone else sees...
A job can be almost finished and still be dead in the water. The slab is poured. Equipment is set. Inspectors have walked the site. Tenants are lined up, or the plant shutdown window is already on the calendar. Then the permanent gas service slips. Maybe the utility...
