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Communication/Joint-Use Engineering Services

EDM’s engineering team provides a wide range of services to the electric utility and communication industries. Our approach to evaluating joint-use issues highlights the importance of understanding the needs and goals of both the pole owner and the 3rd party attacher. We recognize the importance of joint-use facilities, the complexities involved in the evaluation process and how end users will utilize recommendations, therefore, our engineering team includes experienced registered professional engineers.

Joint-Use Engineering Analysis/Design Services

  • NESC and GO 95 Code compliance for existing and proposed conditions
  • PLS-CADD/O-Calc modeling
  • Pole loading analysis for existing and proposed conditions
  • Mid-span maximum sag/clearance checks from PLS-CADD models
  • Make-ready work recommendation and management
  • Simple and complex One Touch Make-Ready (OTMR)
  • Estimation of distributed labor and material construction costs
  • Underground communication layout/permitting
  • 5G and wireless equipment installations
  • Professional Engineer’s signed/sealed calculations and summary reports

Field Services

  • Pre-engineering route inspection/selection
  • Data collection for poles, wires, and ground profile
  • Post construction inspection
  • Complete pole inventory including submeter GPS mapping
  • Wood pole intrusive inspection
  • Steel pole and lattice tower inspections for corrosion
  • Joint-Use pole audits
  • Uncrewed Aircraft Systems (UAS) based inspection and data collection

Pole Owners Engineering Services

  • Complete joint-use engineering program development/management
  • Review of joint-use engineering packages
  • Review of pole loading analysis submittals
  • Design and engineering for custom structures, foundations and complex installations

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