twh:
"We aren't installing Ufer grounds. Where did that come from?"
I guess that is a difference between Canada (CEC) and the USA (NEC)
We require a Ufer to be installed on new construction, additions with new footings, etc. Both resi and commercial. The metal water line is becoming a thing of the past.
Yes, we still jump out water meters that have metal supply visible within the structure. It could be plastic out to the street, but who knows.
One POCO does not allow the ground conductor to enter the meter pan, another does. It gets interesting when some ECs work in an area that they are not familiar with.
On the funny side, I occasionally come upon the hot/cold bond at a water heater that has PEX piping. Waste of two pipe clamps and a length of wire.
