Steel Pole Inspection and Risk Assessment

STEEL POLE
INSPECTION AND RISK
ASSESSMENT
OUR SOLUTIONS
Wood-based utility poles have traditionally been
used in the electric industry; however, steel poles
now provide an attractive alternative. These poles
are not susceptible to the same degradation as
wood poles, such as rot, but they are vulnerable
to corrosion, which can cause catastrophic failure
and collapse. While operators have well-developed
regimented wood utility pole inspection programs,
long-term programs have not been widely
developed for inspection of steel pole assets. As
the number of steel assets have grown, so has
the risk associated with corrosion-based failures.
Individual assessment for each structure may not
be feasible since the number of steel assets for
an electric utility can be on the order of tens of
thousands or more.
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EN Data Solutions can assist operators with
developing and implementing a programmatic
approach to evaluate steel structures for corrosion
risk. With vast experience in protection of valuable
assets, our NACE Institute-certified corrosion
experts represent one of the largest engineering
and consulting teams dedicated to corrosion,
integrity management, and metallurgy in the
United States. Our steel pole inspection and risk
assessment program involves multiple phases
of evaluation including GIS-based risk mapping,
inspection procedures, consequence of findings,
and replacement/mitigation methods.
SERVICES
Our steel pole inspection and risk assessment
program involves multiple phases of evaluation
including GIS-based risk mapping, inspection
procedures, consequence of findings, and
replacement/mitigation methods. Our full
programmatic approach includes the following
phases, with the ability to perform some phases
simultaneously:
• Step 1: GIS-based analysis and environmental
risk factors
• Step 2: Review of asset-based risk factors
• Step 3: Calculation of asset risk
• Step 4: Implementation of field-based
inspection procedures
• Step 5: Implementation of remediation,
mitigation, and replacement matrix
• Step 6: Continual monitoring and refinement
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