Transmission Line Engineering

AMPJACK^® conducts specialized in-house engineering, fabrication and project management for all our projects. Our skilled team is sought throughout the industry for their practical expertise on many difficult transmission engineering challenges.

AMPJACK^® engineers and technicians have extensive experience with engineering software used in the transmission line industry such as PLS-CADD, TOWER, PLS-POLE, Inventor Professional FEA and S-FRAME, and with 3D modelling software such as Autodesk Inventor and AutoCAD.

AMPJACK^® has industry partnerships with firms which provide services such as Geotechnical engineering and Corrosion Protection programs.

Our engineering staff are experts in transmission utility challenges with specialties in upgrade design:

Transmission line engineering

• Transmission line route selection
• Optimal structure spotting
• Conductor selection
• Line Thermal rating
• Project drawings and BOM
• Contract documents and utility procurement support
• Material procurement

Structural analysis and design

• design criteria selection
• structure modeling and analysis
• structure and foundation loading assessment
• steel lattice tower analysis and design
• steel and wood pole and frame analysis and design
• layout, assembly and fabrication drawing production

Upgrading and uprating studies

• AMPJACK^® tower raising solution
• Conventional tower lifts, tower moves and mid-span structure
• re-conductoring, re-sag and structure replacement

Root Cause Analysis & Remediation Solutions

• root cause failure analysis
• live line and live load tower repairs
• tool design and safe work procedures

Tower and line inspections and condition assessment

• above and below grade tower inspections
• underwater tower inspections and repairs

Maintenance program management

• data collection and inspections
• scope of work development
• as-built analysis and drawings