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Utility Data Collection: The Past and Future of Inventory

For utility companies, accurate data is essential to effective asset management. Power providers need up-to-date data to ensure their plant is free of violations, double poles, hazards, and trespass. Trusted methods have been used to collect...

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Mary Ashley Canevaro . 10.8.2019

Topics: Utility Pole Inspection

Utility Pole Violations (Part 3): Environmental Conditions

In our 3-part blog series, we are inspecting common pole conditions that can be costly for asset owners, as well as attachers.

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Mary Ashley Canevaro . 02.27.2018

Topics: Utility Pole Inspection

Utility Pole Violations (Part 2): Damage on the Pole

In our 3-part blog series, we are investigating common pole conditions that interrupt service deployment and increase asset owners’ risk. In part 1, we looked at dangerous conditions on utility poles.

This article will look at the multitude of...

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Mary Ashley Canevaro . 02.20.2018

Topics: Utility Pole Inspection

Utility Pole Violations (Part 1): Dangerous Conditions

In this 3-part blog series, we are addressing common pole conditions that halt service deployment and can be costly to asset owners. It is our experience that asset owners often do not know the current statue or condition of all assets in the...

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Mary Ashley Canevaro . 02.6.2018

Topics: Utility Pole Inspection

Getting Ahead in 2018: Keeping Our Resolutions (Part 3 of 3)

Our first article, “Getting Ahead in 2018: Pole Inspections (Part 1 of 3)” looked at the proactive strengths of resolutions to start and maintain regular pole audits. Our second post, “Getting Ahead in 2018: Inspections (Part 2 of 3),”...

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Mary Ashley Canevaro . 01.2.2018

Topics: Utility Pole Inspection, Conduit Inventory & Inspection

Getting Ahead in 2018: Pole Inspections (Part 1 of 3)

Over the next three articles, we will discuss the tools needed to strengthen joint use partnerships. We will focus on the ways that inspections and inventories, paired with a centralized asset management system, are critical to managing an...

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Mary Ashley Canevaro . 12.12.2017

Topics: Utility Pole Inspection

Field Asset Services (Part 1): Utility Work is a Top Dangerous Job

Industry professionals understand the risks line workers face all too well. However, many customers may be surprised to learn that installers and repairers are among the top ten most dangerous jobs in the country. This statistic includes fatal...

Posted by

Ashley Little . 11.14.2017

Topics: Infrastructure Asset Management, Managed Services, Utility Pole Inspection

When a Utility Pole Falls, Who is Liable for the Damage?

Imagine you are sitting in your home one morning, enjoying the first cup of coffee and suddely the power goes out. In the dark, you begin to investigate, finding that the utility pole in your yard has fallen over into the street (due to...

Posted by

Ashley Little . 04.11.2017

Topics: Utility Pole Inspection

The First Stop in a Field Asset Audit: Making Utility Poles Safer

From first sight to final inspection a thorough utility pole inventory and inspection is a vital part of successful field asset management. But what actually happens during a utility pole inspection? Today we will discuss the first crucial step: ...

Posted by

Ashley Little . 05.12.2015

Topics: Regulatory, Utility Asset Management, Joint Use Asset Management, Utility Pole Inspection

Five Reasons to Take Control of your Inventory Audit Cycle

Around and around it goes; the inventory audit cycle. Audits rely on you to start them as they do not happen by themselves. If you need a little motivation however, we can help, with five reasons to take control and take action with an inventory...

Posted by

Ashley Little . 06.17.2014

Topics: Regulatory, Utility Pole Inspection

3 Reasons Contract Enforcement Should Be On Pole Owners' Lists

Think for a moment about joint use contracts. These detail-filled documents are an important part of any utility pole owner’s everyday business, putting into writing the expectations and limitations of relationships with attaching companies....

Posted by

Ashley Little . 06.12.2014

Topics: Utility Pole Inspection

Utility Pole Audits: Why It’s Important to Peruse your Poles

Utility poles: Out there in the wilderness and on roadsides they stand, stoically marching through small towns and big cities all over the U.S. They are invisible to most, unsightly to others, but typically out of mind. However, ignoring them can...

Posted by

Ashley Little . 05.13.2014

Topics: Utility Asset Management, Utility Pole Inspection

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