T&D Engineering
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
