Planning and designing transmission tower foundations is a lengthy and expensive process. Standard practices for foundation planning and design often come with less-than-ideal budget and scheduling tradeoffs. We get it.
Over the years, our geotechnical and structural engineers have worked on numerous transmission line projects using typical foundation design methods: location-specific foundation design and what may be referred to as presumptive design. Location-specific design involves collecting soil borings at every proposed tower location, which reduces the need for contingency and lowers overall foundation construction costs but requires longer lead times for data collection and foundation design. Presumptive design entails obtaining fewer borings, typically at critical structure locations and with various spacings, but results in foundation design grouping by location and can lead to overdesign based on the limited boring results, which results in higher foundation construction costs.
We know you need a better way, and we’ve developed a hybrid approach requiring less boring data that results in expedited schedules, flexible route planning and lower construction costs. Predictive transmission line foundation planning and design combines the benefits of individual and presumptive design by:
Let us help you realize the cost and schedule benefits that artificial intelligence (AI) and database-driven foundation design can bring to your transmission line planning and design processes.
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