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Creative Solar USA

Aren't you about fed up with the term "Green?" Me too! The problem is, most of the time "Green" doesn't even really MEAN anything. Yet over and over we are told we need to buy "Green" this or "Green" that if we want to avoid total environmental catastrophe. That being said, at Trucraft, we believe that we should do what we can to live and work in a way that protects the environment and preserves our beautiful Georgia eco-system. That's why we were thrilled to get the chance to work with the great people at Creative Solar USA on a project that will allow their client to actually sell power back to the grid. Since their client is obviously "eco-conscious," Creative Solar USA needed to find a construction method with minimal impact on the environment, while maintaining cost effectiveness.

Our task was to place several conduits that would connect a "solar parking canopy" to the transformer supplying the building with power. To accomplish this task, we decided to use the directional boring method of trenchless construction. This would allow us to:

 1. Navigate the 200 feet between our targets accurately

 2. Avoid damaging the existing parking lot and landscaping 

3. Safely cross multiple utilities

 4. Pull back conduits of sufficient size

5. Have minimal impact on the environment in the way of erosion / excavation / runoff

The job went well and our end of the construction only took aout 4 hours to complete. It was great to work with the talented professionals at Creative Solar USA on a project that not only could save their client money, but could help to preserve the lovely state we call home. In the end, I guess it can feel pretty good to "Go Green."


Take a look at a few pictures from the Creative Solar USA job below.

Here is a shot taken while our bore was in progress. Our locator box is that little speck behind the Ford truck. At this point in the day, we were about halfway done with the bore.

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This a a picture taken just after we removed our puller from the conduits. As you can see, the actual excavation is pretty small and there is minimal mud or runoff involved. 


Below you will find some pictures that show our 6-inch reamer as we prep to pull back the conduits.

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