Maximizing Productivity with Paraspin

72% Decrease in Labor Compared to Original Estimate

Challenges

An electrical construction company had a project to pullsix circuits of 750 MCM tray rated XHHW cable at a waste water facility. Each circuit required three load conductors that were 130 feet long. The total quantity of cable would be 2,340 feet and weigh almost 6,000 lb. Given the weight and size of the cable, the contractor was not sure it could handle moving and cutting the cable on site. In addition to the challenge of handing and installing the vast cable quantity, the contractor was under strict time constraints with no room in the timeline or budget for bad cuts.

Solution

Wesco delivered the cable on Paraspin reels with each load conductor cut to 130 feet. Paraspin reels have independently spinning chambers that allow cables of different diameters to be pulled simultaneously. We also installed pulling eyes and put multiple circuit pulls on top of one another to reduce the number of reels to handle. The Paraspin reels shipped to the job site on their own reel caddie, making it easier for the electrical construction company workers to position them without having to set up and level jack stands, which also saved time and labor costs.

Results

The project manager estimated that using traditional methods, the pulls would have required four men working eight hours. Paraspin helped a three-man crew complete the job in just three hours. The electrical construction company saved $1,265 in labor costs, a 72% reduction from traditional estimates.