Aerial Power Line / Utility

Ansell & Brown Aviation is able to assist companies and contractors in new construction projects, maintenance, repairs and upgrades in a safe and efficient manner.

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Call us for more information.

New Construction

  • Structure framing:

    • Changing cross-arms

    • Davit arms

    • Installing x-braces, knee braces and v-braces

  • Hanging insulators and stringing blocks

  • Pulling line:

    • Sock line

    • Hard line

    • OPGW

    • Shield wire

  • Installation of spacers, marker balls and bird diverters

  • Post-construction inspection services

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If there are any other New Construction services not listed but you're in need of, please give us a call to discuss your project as we might still be able to facilitate your needs.

Repairs & Maintenance

  • Suspension hardware replacement

    • Conductor,

    • Shield wire

    • OPGW

  • Number, warning sign and other marker installation or replacement

  • Anti-galloping device installation

  • Bird-discouraging device installation (all types)

  • Shield wire repairs

    • Full-tension compression splice and sleeve repair/replacement

    • Armor rod repair

    • Wire cut-ins

    • Damper installation/replacement

  • Shield wire connection repairs

    • Bonding

    • De-insulating

    • Hardware replacement (all types)

  • Specialized insulator inspection

  • Surge arrester installation

  • Conductor repairs

    • Full-tension compression splice and sleeve repair/replacement

    • Armor rod repair

    • Wire cut-ins & damper replacement/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  installation/replacement

  • Resistance (ohms) testing

Upgrades

  • Cutting out conductor sleeves and installing double socks

  • Installing optical ground wire (OPGW)

  • 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