Tall Trees & Sagging Wires: Significant Risks of Unmanaged Vegetation

Tall Trees & Sagging Wires: Significant Risks of Unmanaged Vegetation
On a sweltering summer afternoon in August of 2003, 21 North American power plants suddenly crashed offline, leaving 50 million people without power across the northeastern U.S. and the Canadian province of Ontario. The outage stopped trains and elevators and disrupted ...

Who's on the Line? Contractor Coordination Under One Touch Make Ready

With 30 states in the joint use community now required to follow the Federal Communications Commission’s new “One Touch Make ...

Infrastructure Asset Management: Why is Joint Use Important?

Utility poles and conduit vaults (the underground version of a wire-carrying 40-foot pole) are everywhere in our world—along ...

Is it Time to Renegotiate Your Joint Use Contracts?

One of the keys to running a business well is having visible oversight—the high-level, future-focused information that ...

Your Double Poles Are Hiding Lost Revenue

We have drilled it into your head: double utility poles are a liability. They are a safety issue. They cost money. They ...