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ExecuPOWER and AUI Power saving money, reducing environmental impact, and increasing operational efficiency and reliability through salvage of existing transmission tower infrastructure. Both ExecuPOWER (www.execupower.com) and AUI Power (www.auipower.com) are Alliance Supplier Affiliate Members, who are motivated to help clients maintain strong system reliability while also supporting sustainability. As part of their transmission tower inspection and repair program, ExecuPOWER and AUI Power determined that existing transmission tower infrastructure could be salvaged in order to avoid a full transmission line replacement. This required the assembly and management of a unique team of experts to develop an expedient and cost-effective solution to maintain the existing infrastructure. The effort involved conducting comprehensive tower and foundation inspections, nondestructive foundation testing, foundation mapping, engineered remediation solutions, and tower and foundation repairs. This program was able to: Save tens of millions of dollars by avoiding the installation of new replacement structures; Prevent loss of revenue during construction by working on transmission towers without taking an outage on the transmission system; Maintain system reliability to ensure the safety of the community and improve resiliency from potential severe weather events; Improve efficiency by avoiding the need to use other internal client resources, such as legal, government affairs, environmental affairs, system planning, corporate communications, engineering, etc., normally associated with the construction of a new replacement transmission lines; Contribute to environmental sustainability by limiting impacts to natural resources normally associated with full transmission tower and line replacement, including potential impacts to wetlands and threatened and endangered species. This strategy is relevant regardless of geographic location, as deterioration associated with aging infrastructure impacts utilities across the US. For more information about this program, contact Bob Jubic of ExecuPOWER at bob.jubic@execupower.com or Joshua Huegel of AUI Power at josh.huegel@auipower.com.
ExecuPOWER and AUI Power saving money, reducing environmental impact, and increasing operational efficiency and reliability through salvage of existing transmission tower infrastructure.
Both ExecuPOWER (www.execupower.com) and AUI Power (www.auipower.com) are Alliance Supplier Affiliate Members, who are motivated to help clients maintain strong system reliability while also supporting sustainability. As part of their transmission tower inspection and repair program, ExecuPOWER and AUI Power determined that existing transmission tower infrastructure could be salvaged in order to avoid a full transmission line replacement. This required the assembly and management of a unique team of experts to develop an expedient and cost-effective solution to maintain the existing infrastructure. The effort involved conducting comprehensive tower and foundation inspections, nondestructive foundation testing, foundation mapping, engineered remediation solutions, and tower and foundation repairs. This program was able to:
Save tens of millions of dollars by avoiding the installation of new replacement structures;
Prevent loss of revenue during construction by working on transmission towers without taking an outage on the transmission system;
Maintain system reliability to ensure the safety of the community and improve resiliency from potential severe weather events;
Improve efficiency by avoiding the need to use other internal client resources, such as legal, government affairs, environmental affairs, system planning, corporate communications, engineering, etc., normally associated with the construction of a new replacement transmission lines;
Contribute to environmental sustainability by limiting impacts to natural resources normally associated with full transmission tower and line replacement, including potential impacts to wetlands and threatened and endangered species.
This strategy is relevant regardless of geographic location, as deterioration associated with aging infrastructure impacts utilities across the US. For more information about this program, contact Bob Jubic of ExecuPOWER at bob.jubic@execupower.com or Joshua Huegel of AUI Power at josh.huegel@auipower.com.