Project Completion

As quickly as it begun, the project to move the pedestal has been completed. From concept (July 29) to completion it took roughly 3 months. Pictures below:


The old location


The new pedestal location outside the fence

Phase II?

Last night Cox called to make sure the gates would be open for the Phase II completion. They came around midnight and worked for a few hours very quietly with flashlights. When I woke up this morning, I checked the internet and cable connections, all seem to be working.

The huge mound of dirt is still next to the gaping hole outside the fence, and the pedestal is still inside the fence. So what exactly did they do? I guess we'll wait for the next phone call to find out.

This chapter hasn't ended yet.

Implementation Phase

Cox started digging on Monday morning... and boy did they dig. It took about 8 guys... 1 guy to dig and the other 7 stood around and spoke in Spanish about the guy who was digging.

So Phase I is complete. Unfortunately it's Tuesday night and Phase II has not yet started.

The Delay Phase - Cox cancels

Cox (or a Cox sub) called today to apologize and say that they would not be out today to start Phase I. They stated that they had numerous trucks break down and Monday is the new start. No big deal, I think we were expecting at least 1 delay. 

Implementation Phase - Work is scheduled

Cox will be here in the morning to begin the pedestal move. They will accomplish the task in two phases.

• Phase I (Friday morning) will be to expose the cables and dig the trenches for the work.
• Phase II (Saturday 12AM - 6AM) will be to move the pedestal, fill in the holes, and call the job a success. Unfortunately the move will cause an outage for the entire neighborhood so the work must be performed during the night.

I sure hope there is nothing exciting on at midnight. Hmm, perhaps I should alert the HOA.