Solar Pile Driver Responsibilities  

- Utility services locate is initiated three days before showing up on site
- The site plan will be reviewed, and suggestions can be given if requested
- On-site: For small residential projects, a passive locate is conducted to verify that all underground high voltage service was located. (Yes USIC has missed this before which is why we now perform a passive locate even after the official locate has been called in.  
- On-site: A field laser is used to keep all piles driven level and accurate. (Depending on system size, the system may just follow the slope of the earth depending on drop in grade and system size. If the system is a tracking system that needs to follow the slope of the earth due to pile tolerances we utilize a few different methods for keeping the rows linear.)
- On-site: The field slope is checked to ensure it is within minimum depth required to ensure proper installation.
- On-site: Post will be driven according to the site layout that has been marked by others.

- On-site: Depending on project size shaking out the posts might be on our scope of work, for large sites this is typical, for small residential sites this is not.

Clients Responsibilities 

- What to expect video to the right is for most small residential sized systems. Large utility scale systems will be treated differently.

- Layout site by placing stakes or “Pins” by a surveyor depending on the size of the project and type of product, a survey method using a total station may be the most accurate way to go. Mark where each post goes (each brand and system uses different layout requirements which is why we ask that you mark the locations prior to our arrival.)
 - For small residential projects the distance between posts changes depending on wind and snow loads.(typically the distance is 10-13' between posts for most brands of racking )
- We are very familiar with PLP Power Peak, Unirac GFT, and a few more, if you have any questions feel free to ask.
 - The day of installation for small residential systems please check to ensure the site layout is correct and place each pile in front of each mark on the south side of the string line. On Larger megawatt size projects this task known as the “shake out” may be something that we already have in our scope of work. For small residential projects it is just a requirement that the shake out be done prior to our arrival to allow for my one operator and machine to arrive and start working with your team.
- for small residential sites if everything is string lined and marked correctly we will roll in and run our machine, please have your representative ready and on site able to lift each pile into place for us to drive down with our machine.