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    • December 2024 Structures Supplement

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    Overhead Transmission

    Understanding Wind Load Design for Power Lines

    Feb. 3, 2025
    Transmission line design is a complex process that requires looking beyond the design wind speed.
    Courtesy of ATC
    Micropile foundation with steel cap.
    Overhead Transmission

    Overcoming Construction Challenges: How Innovative Engineering Powered the 180-Mile Badger Coulee Transmission Project

    Jan. 8, 2025
    The Badger Coulee transmission project overcame many unique challenges along its 180-mile length.
    Courtesy of Ameren
    Steel H-frame structure install prior to testing,
    Overhead Transmission

    Optimizing Steel H-Frame Foundations: Ameren’s Innovative Approach to Pole Embedment Depths

    Jan. 6, 2025
    Full-scale direct embed steel pole load testing proves outside-of-the-box thinking.
    Courtesy of SNOPUD
    Steel pole next to Snohomish river before dike breach.
    Overhead Transmission

    The Intersection of Infrastructure and Environment

    Dec. 10, 2024
    Protecting transmission equipment from the environment … and vice versa.