City of Fredericksburg – Main Street Revitalization Announcement
DECORATIVE LIGHTING KEY TO MAIN STREET REVITALIZATION FOR SMALL TOWN AMERICA THE CHALLENGE The City of Fredericksburg, located in the Texas Hill Country, was founded May 8, 1846. Over the course of its 175 years the City of Fredericksburg has kept up with infrastructure modernization, but always with a focus on maintaining its colonial aesthetics. …
City of Atchison – Streetlight Pole Upgrade: Case Study
A LASTING UPGRADE TO THE CITY’S BEAUTY IN ATCHISON, KANSAS THE CHALLENGE Atchison’s reputation as one of the most beautiful and quaint cities in Kansas was at stake because of their outdated streetlights. With the streetlights and poles deteriorating and rusting more and more each day (as shown in photo – left pole), the City …
Kansas City Board of Public Utilities – Reliability Initiatives: Case Study
BPU SELECTED PRESTRESSED SPUN CONCRETE UTILITY POLES TO INCREASE RELIABILITY RELIABILITY IMPROVEMENTS TO WITHSTAND FUTURE GROWTH REQUIREMENTS With reliability as one of BPU’s main priorities, the Board of Directors continually seeks to improve its electrical system. One of BPU’s challenges over recent years has been to improve service, longevity and overall system hardening of electrical …
Vandenberg Air Force Base – Fire Protection: Case Study
SPUN CONCRETE UTILITY POLES SURVIVE FLAMES OF THE LARGEST FIRE IN VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE HISTORY SYSTEM HARDENING WITH FIRE PROTECTION Decreasing the number of outages, decreasing restoration time, limiting the amount of damage to the system, protecting the most valuable and hard-to-replace assets, and keeping service on for critical infrastructure are common objectives of …
City of Keosauqua Utility Distribution Pole: Case Study
Distribution Pole Replacement Program Becomes Enviable System Wide Upgrade THE CHALLENGE The City of Keosauqua is responsible for approximately 10-15 miles of overhead and underground distribution lines from two substations outside of the city. Like many municipalities, they had been using wood poles; however, they were getting increasingly frustrated by the constant maintenance that the …
York Region Colored Concrete Utility Poles Case Study
FORM MEETS FUNCTION WITH STRESSCRETE COLORED SPUN CONCRETE UTILITY POLES SUMMARY As part of the larger rapid transit expansion and roadway improvement project, the Highway 7 Boulevard Revitalization involved expanding the roadway to include dedicated transit lanes and improve traffic flow to eliminate roadblocks in the largest city within the Regional Municipality of York, also …