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
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...
Wood Poles
When people think of rotting wood, they usually picture a brown, crumbly mess on the surface. The reality? Most wood decay is far less obvious and far more concerning. For overhead line poles, the damage that matters is largely hidden below the ground line, gradually...
Wood Poles
Wooden utility and overhead line poles are remarkable pieces of engineering. They stand tall through decades of wind, rain, frost, heat, and even the occasional collision, but like any material exposed to the elements, they’re not impervious. At EP Marine & Rail,...
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...
