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Large construction cranes have become a leading focal point of Seattle’s skyline. However, for the first time in years, 2018 has observed a significant reduction in the number of cranes in use. Seattle now only leads the pack by 9 cranes, closely followed by Los Angeles, Denver, and Chicago who are all tied for the second place spot.

What Does This Crane Reduction Mean?

Although it may seem shocking to see such a large reduction in cranes in a short period of time, economists are still very optimistic about growth in the city. Many of the big construction projects are now complete, and others are on the schedule to begin this year. In addition, Major companies such as Amazon and Google, are still actively building new offices in the city, which will continue to bring in new people to the city.

While the reduction in cranes may seem like the end of an era, many construction companies argue that this is not the case. New projects are slated to begin, but instead of building prior to occupancy, the building projects will be pre-filled, meaning that they will be pre-leasing to tenants before beginning the building.

What Is Being Built?

In 2017, Seattle saw 3.3 million square feet of office space added. This type of building is slowing down, however. Only 1.8 million square feet of additional office space is estimated to be added each year for the next decade.

The majority of cranes in Seattle are being used for high-rise apartment buildings. Many new residents are still flocking to Seattle. However, apartment living may be on the decline. Rents have been unable to keep up with the construction costs, so banks have been less likely to fund new construction.

Whenever construction on a new building is complete, it’s important to find tenants right away. Landlords that want to charge competitive rents should look into submetering for their tenants. Every unit receives a utility bill based upon their own usage, so landlords don’t have to figure that amount into rental rates. Lower rent prices mean fewer empty units.

How to Take Advantage of Fewer Cranes

With fewer cranes going up, existing apartments and offices now have a chance to fill their units. Landlords looking to rent out multifamily units should consider contracting with Submeter Solutions to create a fair utility billing system. By billing every unit separately for their own utility usage, rent prices will be lower. This is the easiest way to entice new tenants.

While Seattle still holds the number one spot in the country with 45 cranes, other cities are beginning to catch up. In North America, Toronto holds the lead with 88 cranes. Although building may be slowing down, the economy in the city is still booming.

The Prepaid Check Meter with Android Vending App The check meter is an energy measuring device that allows you to measure energy (Electricity) consumption from just like PHCN Meter. However, the check the major difference between the check meter and the normal PHCN meter is that it cannot be connected directly to the power source from the pole. It takes its power from the main meter already installed in the apartment or building. Hence it is also called SUB-METER. 

 The use of this meter is to measure energy consumption of buildings or apartments that already have a meter or what we refer to as an MD Meter. (The MD meter looks much like a transformer, which is installed in most banks and big shopping malls, a lot of estates also use it now, because they buy energy from PHCN and redistribute it to their users) For example, a shopping plaza that has multiple shops and they are sharing one meter, the issue will arise as to how to share the bills among the occupants most especially because there are not consuming the same amount of power. That’s where the check meter comes in.It will be installed in each shop to read accurately what each shop consumes, thereby each of them pay only for what they consume.

 It comes in two categories,  

1. Prepaid (single phase and three phase) 

2. Post-Paid (single phase and three phase) 

 Pre-Paid: The pre-paid check meter works the same way as the PHCN prepaid meter works. The prepaid version comes with a vending app which will be downloaded on Google Play Store. With the app, you will be generate tokens based on your tariff. Immediately the energy loaded is consumed, power cuts off. Post Paid: 

The post-paid works like the PHCN analog meters, the property manager or the Landlord will have to go to the meter and physically take the readings and multiply by the set tariff. 

 Price: N 1. Prepaid Single Phase 30,000 2. Prepaid Three Phase 50,000 3. Post Paid Single Phase 28,000 4. Post Paid Three Phase 48,000 

Cost of installation for any of the meters excluding transportation and cost of materials like wires, circuit breakers, trunk, etc. is N5,000 per meter. 

One element for becoming the nation’s first end-to-end digital utility centers on comprehensive smart meter upgrades.

New digital meters are being installed across our generation and transmission facilities, and at customer substations that connect municipal and rural electric cooperative systems to the power grid. These devices better monitor the power system at the bulk, wholesale level. They also provide greater redundancy and validation of measurements, offer improved accuracy and better time synchronization, make more information available to system operators and enable greater flexibility to allow for any future changes to the power grid.

These upgrades began in 2012, with the installation of two meters at various interface points. The meters are used for billing and wholesale market settlement with the New York Independent System Operator (NYISO), and the validation process improves the accuracy of measurements, avoiding errors and ensuring that all energy is properly accounted for. The new smart meters also provide more detailed energy measurement throughout the power system, which prepares NYPA’s metering infrastructure to support future market changes.

These upgrades provide NYPA operators with better real time data when issues arise, and they accelerate the troubleshooting process without the need to install additional equipment. Smart meters allow system operators to observe trends in energy generation and use, in addition to voltage and current on particular lines. If a customer such as a municipality or a cooperative is experiencing voltage problems on its system, NYPA operators can leverage the meter data to view power quality measurements and trends to quickly troubleshoot and fix the problem.

“The upgraded smart meters provide more useful data to NYPA employees, our customers and the NYISO,” said Frank Ronci, Senior Director of Electrical and Controls Engineering. “This is an ongoing effort, and we’re using designs that are flexible to account for potential changes moving forward. We want to find more new applications for these meters and to apply what we learn at our major facilities to make improvements in how we operate.”