by Landon Schulze | Sep 20, 2022 | Steel Monopoles, Transmission Design
SCOPE ASEC performed detailed design on a family of six tapered tubular engineered steel poles. The poles were designed for 345kV double circuit configurations with two shied wire positions. ASEC created load tree drawings, electrical clearance diagrams, steel weight...
by Landon Schulze | Sep 20, 2022 | LiDAR Analysis, Program Management
SCOPE ASEC is supporting a client’s civil/structural team and transmission engineering team with integrating the latest LiDAR data into existing PLS CADD models in support of their PCS Addition program. PROJECT DESCRIPTION The finalized up-to-date PLS-CADD models are...
by Landon Schulze | Sep 20, 2022 | Fiber & Antenna Add-Ons, Transmission Design
SCOPE ASEC supported a 26-mile project that consisted of 17 miles of overhaul-rebuild and an additional 9 miles of OPGW Fiber addition to the existing transmission line structures. The existing H-Frame line was converted to delta-monopoles. PROJECT DESCRIPTION The...
by Landon Schulze | Sep 20, 2022 | Civil/Structural, Transmission Design
SCOPE The program consists of single pole replacements from wood to steel on structures from 69kV up to 230kV with distribution and communication underbuild. ASEC has completed design replacements on over four hundred and fifty wood poles and the work is on-going....
by Landon Schulze | Sep 20, 2022 | Lattice Towers, Transmission Design
SCOPE The purpose of the Structural Modeling Program (SMP) is to give Transmission Asset Management a uniform and global view of the health of the transmission system as it relates to mean strength values derived from PLS-CADD’s finite element analysis software....
by Landon Schulze | Jul 1, 2021 | TheSplice
Data, Computation and the Ability to Anticipate Risk Technical resiliency as it applies to the transmission and distribution industry across the United States has taken on new meaning in the last decade. In the past, utility owners counted on intrusive testing and...