by nathan | Jul 24, 2023 | Civil/Structural, Distribution Design, Fire Risk Mitigation, LiDAR Analysis
Scope ASEC is currently supporting the client’s DIAR program in an effort to help mitigate wildfires by replacing damaged equipment on overhead distribution lines. ASEC is providing engineering and design services for this program. The engineering task include...
by Landon Schulze | Jul 12, 2023 | Fiber & Antenna Add-Ons, Transmission Design
Scope ASEC has completed over twenty-five (25) antenna add-on projects with the client to date, and we expect to continue providing this support in the foreseeable future. We developed site-specific PLS TOWER models of existing lattice towers based on historical...
by Landon Schulze | Jul 12, 2023 | Line Design, Transmission Design
SCOPE ASEC partnered with a client on a comprehensive 26-mile transmission line enhancement project. This endeavor primarily involved 17 miles of transmission line overhaul and reconstruction, complemented by an extension of 9 miles of optical ground wire (OPGW) fiber...
by Landon Schulze | Jul 12, 2023 | Civil/Structural, Substation Design
Scope ASEC partnered with the client to perform detailed review of a series of renewable substation structures designed by the client in an Engineer of Record capacity. This review effort included validation of engineering calculations, detailed steel design drawings,...
by Landon Schulze | Jul 12, 2023 | Civil/Structural, Substation Design
Scope ASEC was tasked to validate the existing capacities of a series of 345kV and 138kV H/A-Frames by the client. Utilizing historical documentation from a major tubular steel fabricator, ASEC modeled the structures in PLS-POLE to determine the structure capacities,...
by Landon Schulze | Jul 12, 2023 | Civil/Structural, Substation Design
Scope ASEC was tasked with analyzing the existing dead-end structures at the Marsh Lane substation to determine the maximum allowable pull-off tension capacity as the client was rebuilding their existing 138kV transmission line. The goal of the project was to ensure...
by Landon Schulze | Jul 12, 2023 | Owners Engineer, Program Management
Scope The purpose of the Structural Transmission Evaluation Program(STEP) is to give the client’s Transmission Asset Management a uniform and global view of the health of their 500kV transmission system a sit relates to mean strength values derived from...
by Landon Schulze | Jul 12, 2023 | Civil/Structural, Transmission Design
Scope When analyzing the existing configuration for compliance, it was found that the existing OH distribution span from Z317855 to the Northwest had clearance issues with street lights installed on the College Blvd. bridge. It appeared that these street lights were...
by Landon Schulze | Jul 12, 2023 | Distribution Design, Fire Risk Mitigation
Scope ASEC was one of the first consultants to utilize fiberglass poles on the client’s ESH FiRM projects and contributed to much of the formalization process that surrounds the design and use of fiberglass poles for overhead line design. ASEC engaged with the...
by Landon Schulze | Jul 12, 2023 | Fiber & Antenna Add-Ons, Transmission Design
Scope ASEC partnered with the client on over fifty (50) antenna attachment projects, providing structural analysis on existing lattice towers for the load demand of attaching new antennas. The scope of these projects included building site-specific PLS TOWER models...