Utility New Construction, Repairs & Maintenance

At Ansell & Brown Aviation safety is our number 1 priority. We consistently look for methods to improve the safety and efficiency of each project.

New Construction

  • Structure and pole placement

  • Transport of vehicles, equipment, concrete and matting

  • Structure framing, including changing cross-arms or davit arms and installing x-braces, knee braces and v-braces

  • Hanging insulators and stringing blocks

  • Pulling sock line, hard line, optical ground wire (OPGW) and shield wire

  • Installing spacers, marker balls and bird diverters

  • Post-construction inspection services

Repairs & Maintenance

  • Number, warning sign and other marker installation or replacement

  • Anti-galloping device installation

  • Bird-discouraging device installation (all types)

  • Conductor repairs, including: full-tension compression splice and sleeve repair or replacement; armor rod repair;
    wire cut-ins; and damper replacement or installation

  • Conductor spacer replacement at existing or new, measured locations

  • Cross-arm replacement (various configurations)

  • Davit arm replacement

  • H-frame knee brace and v-brace replacement

  • Insulator replacement & washing

  • Lightning arrester installation

  • Marker ball (warning sphere) installation or replacement

  • Resistance (ohms) testing

  • Shield wire repairs, including: full-tension compression splice and sleeve repair or replacement; armor rod repair; wire cut-ins; and damper installation or replacement

  • Shield wire connection repairs, including: bonding; de-insulating; and hardware replacement (all types)

  • Specialized insulator inspection

  • Surge arrester installation

  • Suspension hardware replacement, including conductor, shield wire and optical ground wire (OPGW)

Upgrades

  • Unclipping wire and hanging stringing blocks, including tangent, angle and double dead-end structures

  • Cutting out or covering shield wire sleeves and other shield wire repairs as needed

  • Clipping in conductors and overhead wires and removing stringing blocks, including tangent, angle and double dead-end structures

  • Cutting out conductor sleeves and installing double socks

  • Installing optical ground wire (OPGW)