Experience
Emergency Repair
ICONIX teams perform an emergency repair for a customer in need.
On March 13, 2023 at 11:10am, Trevor Hernandez, Branch Manager of the ICONIX Milton branch, received an urgent call for help from a customer who had accidentally hit a 4-inch pipeline with their excavator. Trevor quickly brought in Bo Zhang, Fusion Technician Lead, for his expertise. Bo assessed the situation and provided the customer with three repair options: butt fusion, electrofusion, and mechanical connection. Based on the situation on-site, the customer chose the mechanical connection.
Within half an hour of the initial call, Bo and Jamie Fudge, HDPE Fusion Technician, were on-site digging out the 4-inch pipe buried under the snow. They cut a 13-foot section of the pipe while Trevor and Drew Lindsey, Inside Sales Representative, worked with the ICONIX Ajax team to get a Waga coupler prepped for transfer.
Bo picked up the coupler from the Ajax branch and headed back to the site then helped the site crew install the coupler. By 2:30pm, the team successfully completed the installation and repair.
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“The customer was so happy and everyone on the site had smiles on their faces.”
Bo Zhang, Fusion Technician Lead
Timeline of Events
ICONIX is a proactive partner dedicated to finding the right product and the right solution for those we serve. We will find a way to get things done.
11:10AM
- ICONIX Milton receives the call from our customer.
11:15AM
- Trevor Hernandez and Bo Zhang contact our customer for further details --> Bo provides three repair options.
11:30AM
- •Bo Zhang and Jamie Fudge arrive on-site and start assisting.
- Meanwhile, Trevor Hernandez and Drew Lindsey work on transferring a Waga coupler from the Ajax branch.
12:00PM
- Bo heads to the Ajax branch to pick up the Waga coupler.
1:30PM
- Bo arrives at the Ajax branch, where Sean Black, Allan Gatchalian and Ryan King help load the Waga coupler.
2:00PM
- Bo is back on-site, where seven works are waiting.
- They double-check the broken pipe and begin installing the new Waga coupler.
2:30PM
- The installation and repairs are complete!
