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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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StressCrete Colored Utility Poles Case Study

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 …

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