Best Practices for Wood Pole Strength and Loading

In the ever-changing world of electric utility and telecommunication companies, knowing the codes, regulations, and best practices, is vital to not only keeping the power on, but to ensure the safety of linemen and the public. With the advent of 5G and the rural broadband build out, telecommunication and wireless companies are eager to attach additional equipment to utility poles, thus making it more important than ever for electric utility and telecommunication companies to know and follow the codes of the National Electric Safety Code or California’s General Order 95.

In this course, pole strength capacities will be explained along with the following topics:

• Loading criteria of the NESC and GO 95
• Basic pole loading calculations
• Variables that impact how a pole is
• Managing wood pole data including strength and loading

Join the course and gain comprehensive knowledge on the National Electric Safety Code and California's General Order 95, learn best practices for safety, and get hands-on experience with basic pole loading calculations.

• Explain ANSI O5.1 wood pole manufacturing and dimension standards
• In-depth review of NESC strength and loading criteria along with an overview of GO 95 criteria
• Compare key NESC requirements to similar GO 95 requirements
• Discuss best practices for managing wood poles and the tremendous amount of related data
• Discuss best practices for adding attachments to existing poles