Asset Management
T&D Consulting Services
EDM Engineers and Scientists are experts in their fields and provide wide range of T&D consulting services related to:
- Facilities Management
- Maintenance Planning and Forecasting
- Standards & Code compliance
- Inspection & Maintenance Guides
- Product Specification Reviews
- Forensic Engineering
- Litigation support
EDM uses unique predictive modeling techniques to help utilities to optimize maintenance plans. Information on facility conditions and importance, desired life, environmental and operating stresses, maintenance histories, deterioration rates and costs are all combined to enable systematic analyses of alternative asset management scenarios.
- Optimize resource allocation
- Prioritize maintenance projects
- Forecast yearly and long-term costs
- Reduce the subjectivity of decisions
- Compare the present value of maintenance alternatives
- Evaluate inspection, assessment and maintenance procedures
- Simulate system aging
- Predict remaining life
- Value aging assets
- Track facility and component performance
EDM has teamed with Intec Services, Inc. to offer additional related services. Intec Services offers a complete variety of pole inspection, inventory and restoration services aimed at helping utilities maximize equipment life spans while maintaining the highest standards of system reliability.
Intec Services, Inc. was founded in 1991 with a dedication to providing in-service pole inspection services which have set new standards for accuracy and cost effectiveness by using an inspection strategy with three critical components:
- Time-proven inspection and retreatment techniques
- Advanced nondestructive testing methods
- Computerized data collection and reporting
The EDM-INTEC team approach enables the preservation of utility line reliability throughout the desired service life and assists utilities in making responsible recommendations and decisions affecting the management of many millions of dollars of overhead line capital assets.