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ENGINEERING FOR POWER TRANSMISSION

Fred Wilson & Associates provides electric utilities with engineering services for new and upgraded transmission line projects using industry tools such as PLS-CADD and PLS-POLE (with Wood, Steel and Concrete modules). The firm specializes in providing solutions for urban/suburban projects with complex right-of-way constraints, clearance requirements and underbuilt distribution.

Transmission engineering services include:

• Overhead and underground line design
• Underbuilt distribution
• Upgrades such as voltage conversion and reconductoring for line uprating
• Design of wood, steel and concrete support structures
• PLS-CADD design using aerial photography, Laser Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) surveys and terrain modeling
• Sag and tension calculations
• Route selection
• Assistance with right-of-way acquisition
• Permitting
• Access/patrol road design
• Electromagnetic field (EMF) calculations