[Discuss] OT: insurance for outdoor work

[mark at buttery.org (Shirley Márquez Dúlcey)]

There are no regulatory requirements for low voltage wiring. But that
doesn't mean that a building owner might not make a fuss anyway. Hope
you get it sorted out; not being able to supply access to people who
need it because of management pigheadedness would be a very bad thing.

On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 5:58 PM, Stephen Ronan <sronan at panix.com> wrote:
> Thanks, my guess is that they would be willing to forgo licensing if they
> felt there was adequate insurance coverage for accident/liability. I'm
> prettty sure that there's no legal/regulatory/building code requirement for
> licensed personnel for this type of low-voltage wiring. - S.
>
>
> On Thu, 5 Dec 2013, Shirley M?rquez D?lcey wrote:
>
>> If they are insisting on licensed workers you can pretty much forget
>> it. Professional licensing is pretty much always done by groups that
>> are run by people who are already in the profession, and the main
>> purpose of licensing is to keep competition out. Hate to be so cynical
>> but that's the way it goes.
>>
>> On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 5:41 PM, Stephen Ronan <sronan at panix.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> There's a small, talented group of IT professionals in the Boston area
>>> who
>>> are volunteering to help repair, enhance, and maintain a wireless network
>>> serving residents of a low-income housing development... the work
>>> includes
>>> replacing some Ethernet cable and wireless access points in the center of
>>> a
>>> wide, flat roof.
>>>
>>> The obstacle is that the property management need any such work to be
>>> performed by licensed, bonded personnel. I wonder if any of you know how
>>> much it would cost to insure one or more people to perform that kind of
>>> activity... if, say, an existing nonprofit were to act as an umbrella for
>>> these and related ongoing volunteer activities, how much might it cost
>>> them
>>> in insurance?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>   Stephen
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