Make a Mark on the Utilities Market
If you’re involved in the utilities market, consider joining ACMA’s Utility & Communications Structure Council. The Composites Growth Initiative committee focuses on education, legislation, regulation, and codes and standards development. For more information, contact Hannah Nugent at hnugent@acmanet.org.
As part of its fire mitigation efforts, a California utility is replacing some of its wooden utility poles with FRP poles that feature a special fire-retardant sleeve.
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A utility company can determine the structural integrity of an FRP pole after a fire by checking the embedded temperature gauge to determine the maximum temperature the pole reached.
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After the FireStrong™ poles were fire-tested in laboratories, an independent agency measured their post-fire structural integrity.
Photo Credit: Creative Composites Group
