Wood Poles
Most wood pole inspection work starts with a straightforward question: Can we safely assess the condition of this asset? However, the answer is not always straightforward. Sometimes the challenge is not the pole itself. Instead, it is where that pole stands. Recently,...
Wood Poles
We can reinforce multiple wood poles in a single day, compared to an average of one full pole replacement per day. The UK electricity industry is facing a growing challenge. Timber shortages, rising costs and ageing infrastructure mean that extending wood pole service...
Wood Poles
Wood pole reinforcement is becoming an increasingly important solution at a time when pressure is rising for UK utilities to operate under supply constraints, rising infrastructure demand, and ongoing economic uncertainty. The UK timber market is currently in a...
Wood Poles
Spend enough years working around overhead line networks and you quickly learn one thing: A wood pole rarely tells the full story from the outside. Repeatedly, we’ve inspected poles that looked rough but still had years of service life left in them. We’ve also seen...
Infrastructure & Assets
You’ve checked the window again, haven’t you? That drizzle creeping sideways under the eaves, the mist hanging over the hills, the flat grey sky that seems to follow you from Cornwall to Scotland. Some days it’s just background noise. Other days it feels like it’s...
