08-24-2008, 03:34 PM
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Originally posted by JWFITZ
LOL
Ok, point granted.
Anybody have any idea of what the service duty of a telephone pole is? It must be close to 50 years, or so I would guess.
Man, retrofitting all that is one of those completely unaffordable sorts of things we're going to face. A steel pole probably costs 1000 bucks a pop. Maybe more. Actually, probably a lot more.
Loved the clever suggestion about buried cable. That would be one heck of a ditch witch to grind that project out!
actually, the newer subdivisions on the island of o'ahu have buried cable lines. there are no poles around except for street lamps/poles. hawaiian electric is deciding on whether or not to do this along the west coast, namely the waianae coast, because of the problems (termite and storm damage) with the poles in recent years. however, the costs are phenomenal. i do know that steel poles replaced the wood ones along farrington highway, but at what cost?
cat, very good advice. in another thread, i posted about our immediate neighbor whose home is supposed to be completed in 5 months with a budget of 500k @ $150/sft 5 bedrooms/5bath (i guess 5 is the magic number?). when speaking with the contractor about the price per sft, i mentioned that it seemed to be on the lower side. he agreed to build it at a "discounted" rate in exchange for advertising--sorta like this is a model home.
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