Supercharger - Alexandria, MN

[MD-2000]

Yes, the crew for Trans-Canada took a bit more than a week at each location. They are only putting in the underground conduit (looks about 6 or 8 inch diameter) and concrete bases and cleanup/landscape. Someone else comes along with the Tesla hardware and hooks it up. (or will... soon, yes, real soon, promise...) That takes a while, but seems to be starting now. Plus, the local power company has to hook up the power feed.

But if they are actually starting to dig, that's a lot more than has happened so far.

 

[Schoms]

Just some pics of the flags... cuz you all like visuals

 

[WoundedCoot]

View attachment 448204 View attachment 448203 Just some pics of the flags... cuz you all like visuals

Thanks for posting these. I’ve had an X for several years - when I bought it one of the factors was that Alexandia was getting a SuperCharger — it looks like that is actually happening now!

 

[dfreadhoff]

This is how we had to do it:

. Will be so much nicer when Supercharger in Alex!

 

[chwall P90DL]

What’s up in Alex lately? Already to game #2 of the Vikings’ season and no SC work to note?

 

[MikeMacMan]

What’s up in Alex lately? Already to game #2 of the Vikings’ season and no SC work to note?

According to other forum posts, a construction crew just finished the first part of Bismarck and is working their way east.

 

[mociaf9]

According to other forum posts, a construction crew just finished the first part of Bismarck and is working their way east.

Update to the Alexandria utility location request asking for the marks to be refreshed in preparation for imminent digging: 192620494.
https://tx.itic.occinc.com/ndrecApp...OBAEBmEebq/8ZyyaXyRx+glilBbVWvVj0rrx0rCl+Tgc5
Look for work to start some time in the next 2 weeks, and possibly as early as this Monday (the 23rd).

 

[TylerB]

I just drove by. Officially under construction!!!

 

[ItsNotAboutTheMoney]

It has finally joined the now considerable list of sites in the Northern USA and Canada where they're getting the groundwork done before winter. Next up would be Fargo, ND...

 

[meanwhileinND]

It has finally joined the now considerable list of sites in the Northern USA and Canada where they're getting the groundwork done before winter. Next up would be Fargo, ND...

Or Jamestown, ND?

 

[MD-2000]

Or Jamestown, ND?

At about 1 week per site to do the base preps, does it really matter? They'll have Jamestown, Fargo, Grand Forks and Pembina (yes, yes, please, please, Pembina too!) before any hardware shows up. Even on the TransCanada, several sites from Ottawa to Calgary have gotten the extra white boxes but no pedestals yet. (see pics of Moose Jaw, Regina, Davidson, Sault Ste Marie, Deep River, etc.)

But the base prep indicates the live chargers are not as far off as they used to be. (?)

 

[DMC5180]

At about 1 week per site to do the base preps, does it really matter? They'll have Jamestown, Fargo, Grand Forks and Pembina (yes, yes, please, please, Pembina too!) before any hardware shows up. Even on the TransCanada, several sites from Ottawa to Calgary have gotten the extra white boxes but no pedestals yet. (see pics of Moose Jaw, Regina, Davidson, Sault Ste Marie, Deep River, etc.)

But the base prep indicates the live chargers are not as far off as they used to be. (?)

What’s interesting is that the site preps can go very quickly with Pre-cast bases for all the hardware or take some what longer when concrete Pours are required. I wonder how the type to uses gets chosen, especially in the northern regions subject to frost heaving.

 

[meanwhileinND]

At about 1 week per site to do the base preps, does it really matter? They'll have Jamestown, Fargo, Grand Forks and Pembina (yes, yes, please, please, Pembina too!) before any hardware shows up. Even on the TransCanada, several sites from Ottawa to Calgary have gotten the extra white boxes but no pedestals yet. (see pics of Moose Jaw, Regina, Davidson, Sault Ste Marie, Deep River, etc.)

But the base prep indicates the live chargers are not as far off as they used to be. (?)

Nice to see progress after years of playing the waiting game

 

[ItsNotAboutTheMoney]

Or Jamestown, ND?

As a Supercharger build-out nerd, I'm looking for connections with reasonable gaps. 2 Superchargers 198 miles apart in Minnesota-North Dakota: close, but no banana.

 

[mociaf9]

It has finally joined the now considerable list of sites in the Northern USA and Canada where they're getting the groundwork done before winter. Next up would be Fargo, ND...

Based on the locations and timing that they've called for utilities location requests in advance of digging, next up for this crew will be St. Louis Park, MN (near Minneapolis). We'll have to wait a few weeks to see if they plan to head to Fargo and/or Jamestown after that.

 

[MD-2000]

Based on the locations and timing that they've called for utilities location requests in advance of digging, next up for this crew will be St. Louis Park, MN (near Minneapolis). We'll have to wait a few weeks to see if they plan to head to Fargo and/or Jamestown after that.

Was that re-flagging in preparation for digging, or is it first flagging for site survey and design (as happened with Fargo and Grand Forks in June/July)?

 

[mociaf9]

Was that re-flagging in preparation for digging, or is it first flagging for site survey and design (as happened with Fargo and Grand Forks in June/July)?

The ticket was a routine one which is usually for digging, as opposed to one explicitly for a survey. And, these are the guys that have been doing the digging. So far every one of the tickets they've opened, has been for actual construction. If it was just a survey, I would have expected the call to have come from the guy/company that was doing all their surveying in the region (Design Tree Engineering). But we'll see in a few weeks.

 

[MD-2000]

In a few weeks they can finish there and Fargo and Grand Forks - and Jamestown... It appears to be about 1 week per site?

 

[Manitoba Keith]

Wouldn't that be nice. Possibly Pembina also!
Sure experiencing range loss today (20%) at 8C and rain.

 

[Schoms]

Looks like a mess right now. I think that one pic shows the post for the couple public chargers that the city required for the install.