LEDs? Incandescents? Who's Using What for Jobsite Lighting

Submitted by Web Master on Mon, 2011-08-08 23:00


I called Pete Samaras, Senior Electrical Estimator at DPR Construction, to ask him about job-site lighting practices for our product review on LED jobsite lighting  (see LED Systems Provide Huge Energy Savings for Jobsite Lighting, EBN Aug. 2011 and our GreenSpec listing of the Flex SLS system). To make sure he had the latest information, he surveyed four electrical subcontractors via email. Their responses offer a good window into the shifting technologies used to illuminate jobsites--at least those on the scale of the commercial and institutional projects that DPR builds.

Everyone Pete asked responded quickly and gave us permission to share their responses (thank you!) They were: James Goetz, Vice President of Morrow- Meadows Corp., Albert Rutten, Project Executive for Schetter Electric Inc., Richard deButts, Preconstruction Manager for Redwood City Electric, and Robert Valderrama, electrician for Sprig Electric.

1. Has DPR furnished the temp lights for you on the past couple of projects, or did you provide your own temp lighting?

The electrical subs provide temporary lighting, except on some small jobs, for which DPR provides it.

2. Are the lights typically the hung HIDs (high-intensity discharge), or string lights, or tripod mounted floodlights? Where do you typically use each type and why?

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Comments

Anyone who still claims price

Submitted by Remy Chevalier on Thu, 2012-03-01 06:56.
Anyone who still claims price is an issue with LEDs is someone who hasn't shopped around yet! Just one walk through the aisle at Home Depot and the Philips selection will show you that isn't true anymore. They should get out a bit more.

Installing LEDs on a job is a

Submitted by Andrew Marani on Thu, 2011-08-11 10:01.
Installing LEDs on a job is an invitation to watch them vanish on a daily basis. Expensive, small and easy to conceal in a pocket or tool box, readily used in a home. The power savings of using LEDs is an extremely small part of almost any bid and would not have an impact on winning a lump sum bid. There is a possibility of the GC requiring them in the bid scope on a negotiated project. But there is still the issue of stealing and CFLs create roughly the same power savings, are less likely to be stolen and less expensive. In my opinion, we need a serious price drop before this becomes an option. Andrew