Safeguard your utilities by making a pole inventory a maintenance priority.

 

It is important to perform a pole inventory every 5 to 8 years for the following reasons.

 

• Avoid disputes and liabilities concerning public safety.

• Enforce the National Electrical Safety Code (NESC) and Joint-Use agreements.

• Establish separation of supply and communication pole space.

• Find broken grounding, damaged poles and guying issues. 

 

We inspect each pole and document the following data points:

 

• Pole birthmark data

• Install pole number tag or record existing tag #

• Distance from previous pole

• Document ground conditions, i.e. wash out or broken grounding

• Pole damage, i.e. woodpecker, car accidents, or lightning

• Heights and # of cables on each communication bolt

• Height and condition of streetlight and leads

• Height to base of transformers and to leads

• Height of neutral and fiber supply cables