Transmission Line Engineering
Transforming Transmission Line Engineering Projects with AMPJACK®
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