Overhead transmission line engineering, 115 kV to 500 kV: route selection, structure and conductor design, clearances, and drilled shaft foundations — modeled in PLS-CADD, PLS-POLE, and TOWER (Power Line Systems), delivered as plan-and-profile an EPC can build.
Corridor and route studies — structures sited to terrain, constraints, and clearances.
Pole and lattice tower structures analyzed in PLS-POLE and TOWER (Power Line Systems) — load cases, capacities, and framing.
Where you set the conductor, I design to it; given an ampacity, I propose type and size — with sag-tension charts and manufacturer load tables.
Ground, crossing, and code clearances verified through the modeled line — to NESC as the general design basis, and to CPUC GO 95 where the line is CPUC-jurisdictional in California.
Drilled shaft foundations designed to the structure reactions (FAD Tools).
The PLS-CADD model and plan-and-profile drawings (AutoCAD). Terrain models are built from LiDAR-derived survey where coverage exists, and the vertical datum of every model is declared explicitly.
Line modeling, clearances, plan-and-profile.
Pole structure analysis — wood, steel and concrete, tangent through dead-end.
Latticed steel tower analysis, finite element.
Drilled shaft foundation design.
Construction drawings.
Every clearance, load case, and foundation reaction traces to the model and a datasheet. Open the model and check it yourself. Line design — structures, conductor, clearances, foundations. System and protection studies sit with their specialists.
Corridor selection and structure siting to terrain and clearances.
Structures, conductor, and clearances in PLS-CADD + PLS-POLE + TOWER; foundations to the reactions.
Plan-and-profile, structure and foundation design, sag-tension and load tables.
Utilities, developers, and EPCs: transmission line design from 115 kV to 500 kV, modeled in PLS-CADD, PLS-POLE, and TOWER.