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Extreme Transmission Construction Challenges

Sept. 29, 2020

A helicopter guided wire through pulleys. Once the first phase of stringing was finished, the small-gauge cable was attached to another thicker cable and pulled back through the pulleys. The thicker cable was used to pull the final conductor into place.

Overhead Transmission

Manitoba Transmission Project Rises Above it All

Aug. 21, 2020

Michelle Bakkelund

Michelle Bakkelund ([email protected]) is a civil engineer with Manitoba Hydro in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. She graduated with a BSCE degree from the University of Manitoba in 2013. She led contract management of the 200-km (125-mile) N4 section of the Bipole III transmission line project until its completion in spring 2018. After completion of Bipole III, Bakkelund led the contract management of section 2 of the Manitoba-Minnesota transmission project