NYC freight elevator reality
Not the GC.
Not the Gantt chart.
Not me.
Picture this: 40 boxes of Cat 6A, two racks, and a crew of six at the loading dock at 7 a.m. The freight car is booked for another tenant's move until noon. Nobody told us.
Six techs. Four hours. One very expensive coffee run.
Behind the scenes of most NYC commercial installs, the cable is the easy part.
The building is the hard part.
What actually decides whether we hit the date:
→ Freight and dock slots, confirmed in writing the week before
→ COIs that match the building's exact requirements (the wording matters)
→ Noisy work like core drilling, often pushed to after-hours
→ The building engineer on our side, not just on our contact list
→ Riser access and firestopping inspections lined up before we need them
None of that shows up in the cable count.
All of it shows up in the schedule.
The best PMs I know treat the building manager like a key stakeholder.
Because they are.
NYC folks: what's the most "only in New York" thing that's ever held up one of your jobs?
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