Pole Maintenance can save you money by reducing unnecessary replacement costs and by adding many additional years of durable service life to your pole plant. Osmose programs allow the pole owner to better manage the critical factors that determine pole performance—strength, load and cost.

 

 

 

Inspection Options

Inspection options and choices will contribute to the accuracy of identifying poles that should be restored or replaced and those that should be treated. Osmose developed StrengthCalc™ field software to increase the precision of pass/fail calculations, and LoadCalc™ to allow utilities to factor actual loading into replacement decisions. The objective is to reduce unnecessary replacement costs while making optimum use of in-place assets.

 

 

Remedial Treatments

Remedial treatments allow poles to retain their initial strength—the strength that you designed into your system—as they age. Decay and wood destroying insects cause poles to lose their strength. Osmose develops remedial treatments for all decay and insect attack scenarios, and for all pole species.

 

 

Data Management

Data Management, reporting and record keeping is supported by FastGate^® Viewer and Manager geospatial software applications when you hire Osmose. These powerful department-level applications allow the program manager to perform queries, develop reports and efficiently plan and map follow-up repairs and replacements.

 

 

 

Wood Pole Lifecycle Data

Wood pole lifecycle data can help pole owners to evaluate the potential risks of decay and strength loss in their own locale. Osmose publishes data to aid utility attempts to optimize pole lifecycles and minimize the risks associated with aging pole plants.

 

 

Calculating Pole Lifecycle Costs

Calculating pole lifecycle costs and estimating savings derived from wood pole asset management shows that the potential to reduce both current and future spending is very real. Comprehensive programs combine both predictive and preventative maintenance to produce direct and indirect savings.

 

 

For more information on inspection & treatment options for pole lifecycle management, please contact Kevin Niles at 716-319-3404 or kniles@osmose.com.