Timber utility poles constitute a vital component of power distribution and telecommunications infrastructure. Their longevity and structural integrity are paramount given the substantial costs ...

THE TEXAS TRIBUNE – A company hired to inspect utility poles in the Panhandle declined to testify before Texas lawmakers Wednesday, as part of the state’s inquiry into the Smokehouse Creek fire — the ...

Wildfires always have been a part of our environment. For a variety of reasons, in recent years wildfires have been growing in both frequency and intensity, dramatically increasing the level of ...

Residents in some New Jersey communities may have recently noticed crews digging around the bottom of utility poles, creating a deep hole and wrapping a paper-like material around the area. The ...

Cing-Dao Kan, Professor/Director, Center for Collision Safety and Analysis, College of Science, is performing impact testing on utility poles. He has three objectives for this research. First, he ...

EasyStreet Systems installed four of its pull-wound fiberglass/polyester poles in July 2023 along an intersection in Peachtree Corners, Ga., U.S. in collaboration with the Curiosity Lab at Peachtree ...

Avangrid’s utility subsidiaries in New York, Maine, and Connecticut have replaced more than 24,000 utility poles so far in 2025, part of a broader effort to harden local distribution systems and ...