If your working in an old building and spot a disconnected piece of cooper pipe should you stop what you were doing and remove it before someone else does?
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Is stealing copper still a big thing? I'd leave it. It might be "bait". 5/3/25
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★Stevo the boys didn't think they were stealing they claimed they were tidying the place up. Scrap cooper prices must be up? -
dalcocono I don't know. A few years back copper theft was big business here in CA. Don't hear about it so much on the news anymore though.
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★Stevo for haha's .It gets better they have knocked off a module from the bms while tidying up. There was 1 per floor so there is plenty of room to upgrade when they lease each floor separately, they have reprogrammed all inputs on to 1 module and taken the other 2,. it controls the aircon lights security system ect. The way it was we can change all door access with a computer from some else for 3 different customers. On Monday 2 new customers are moving in. Now once you have access to the bms you can open any door on any level. it's mostly a storage warehouse
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DancesWithWolves You live in a lowlife village -
★Stevo the excuse was the smoke was let out of 2 controllers when someone hit the old cooper pipes with a fork lift, they removed the redundant pipes fixed the bms cleaned up the area.
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dalcocono Ah then. R&R during remodel sounds like it's just collecting scrap then.
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★Stevo they would of made an extra $3k for scraping the cooper. I only took us 3 months to notice.
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Yes stealing copper in America is still a big thing going on
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5/9/2025, if it's not part of your duty, do not mess with it. Tell the manager. These days, there are cameras almost everywhere. And you don't want to be caught stealing copper.
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★Stevo
I probably am the onsite maintenance manager. I hired workers i looked at the cameras and the photos they sent me when i told our the boss to pay them
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"Emm, what piece of copper piping? No idea what you are talking about?" ;)
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★Stevo
we got rid of a heap of redundant pipe work that was in the way of the fork lift ,if it was steel pipe I bet it would still be there. -
⭐️Creamcrackered
No idea what you're talking about I've no knowledge of the copper piping and if it was taken officer, I would never do such a thing :D Yes Stevo, people still collect copper for money. -
★Stevo
theres more redundant copper pipe thats lagged with Asbestos I should call them back, they were hired to tidy up the BMS wiring. -
⭐️Creamcrackered
Yes, you don't want to be messing with asbestos -
⭐️Creamcrackered
So you don't want the copper? -
★Stevo
no it was probably lagged with asbestos they could of charged us to remove it and taken the scrap. they took a false ceiling out and found it they weren't asked to take the ceiling out.
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