Looks like a 'work in progress' ... one that was stopped before serious harm was done!
FWIW, here the PoCo would not let us use PVC pipe for an overhead feed.
I am puzzled by the extended time that the job is taking ... as suggested by the pictures. A job like this has but one way to do it - and that is, to kill all the power for the two or three days needed, and GET IT DONE. I've done such in sub-zero weather ... using a 'spider box' to keep the heat on and the fridge running.
