Article: Wood pole alternative design challenge: it's the kind of challenge that will completely change the way students see such a commonplace piece of engineering.(Classroom Challenge)

Article: Beyond Pesticides/NCAMP: New EPA Data Released Under Freedom of Information Act Find High Cancer Risk Tied to Wood Utility Poles Treated with Poisonous Chemicals.
PR Newswire;  December 16, 1999 ;     700+ words ......There are an estimated 130 million wood poles currently in use in the U.S. Beyond...the use, storage and disposal of wood poles. The American Wood Preservers Institute...the utilities store thousands of wood poles at their yards, creating more contamination...

Article: Regularly scheduled maintenance increases wood pole lifespan.(Engineering & Operations)
Bulletin (Northwest Public Power Association);  September 1, 2003 ;     574 words ......treatment is conducted regularly. Wood poles and structures will be the topics...actual rate of degradation of the wood poles. Regularly scheduled inspection and...10 years, the replacement rates of wood poles consisted of just 2-4 percent of...

Article: Old Power Poles Lead Second Lives in Parks and Yards.
PR Newswire;  April 16, 2002 ;     485 words ......of Albany, Oregon hauls in poles from all over the BPA system...the treated portions of the poles leaving beautiful cedar cants...replace about 1,500 to 2,000 poles a year. That's a huge jump...typically replaced only about 500 poles. Such disposal could cost...30,000 wood transmission ...

Article: High cancer risk tied to wood utility poles treated with poisonous chemicals.
Natural Life;  January 1, 2000 ;     572 words ......the use, storage and disposal of wood poles. The American Wood Preservers Institute...utilities store chemically treated wood poles on site. * 69 percent of utilities...consider wood preservative treated wood poles taken out of service as hazardous...

Article: Repair and rehabilitation of wood utility poles with fibre-reinforced polymers.(NOTE)
Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering;  January 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......structural integrity of existing wood poles. This paper presents results from...and rehabilitation technique for wood poles using fibre-reinforced polymers...design methodology for rehabilitating wood poles. This research project involved both...

Article: In Search of the Perfect Utility Pole.(Engineering & Operations)
Bulletin (Northwest Public Power Association);  April 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......there are over 130 million treated wood poles currently in service in the United...utility association analysis identified wood poles as The Electric Utility's Material...life cycle costs, the economics of wood poles are unsurpassed. The 1996 Competitive...

Article: Wood pole purchasing, inspection, and maintenance: a survey of utility practices. (Solid Wood Products).
Forest Products Journal;  November 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ......their most important assets: the wood poles that support their electric transmission...charged with specifying and maintaining wood poles come to their jobs with little formal...systems for maximum value. ********** Wood poles have a long history of providing...

Article: Study shows hiking poles gives walkers a leg up
Charleston Gazette;  December 31, 2000 ;     519 words ......each hand, he had the feeling that the poles made the treks easier. When the exercise...lab, he began to figure out why. Using poles lets hikers lengthen their strides, put...long stints, and "they all favored the poles," said Knight, of the University of Massachusetts...

Article: NIPSCO EXPERIMENTS WITH STEEL UTILITY POLES
Post-Tribune (IN);  April 11, 1999 ;     317 words ......advantageous to use." Until now, the company has used wood poles on its service lines. There are 305,000 wood poles being used in Northwest Indiana. Wood poles cost less to purchase but have a higher deterioration...

Article: Analyzing the potential for recycling old utility poles
BioCycle;  December 1, 2000 ;     257 words ......potential for preservative treated wood poles once they have lost their usefulness...majority of a pole contains sound wood that could be remanufactured...facility that would use recycled wood poles as its primary fiber source...obstacles. "In most cases, the poles removed from ...

Article: One more push; Poles don't want to hear it, but to achieve the prosperity they crave they will have to accept a period of austerity first.(Brief Article)
The Economist (US);  October 27, 2001 ;     700+ words ...Poles don't want to hear it, but to achieve the prosperity they...independent nation for only 33 years out of the past two centuries. Poles love to tell stories of courage in the face of adversity...to Poland 14 years later and lived to 81 to tell the tale. Poles have always proved remarkably protective of ...

Article: Utility Pole Conference Digs in at The Nugget.
Bulletin (Northwest Public Power Association);  August 1, 2001 ;     294 words ......workshops include: A Chemicals Update: Anything New for Wood Poles?; Wood Poles and Our Environment; The Disposal of Wood Poles; Pole Recycling in the Pacific Northwest -- Regional...

Article: HIGH HOLIDAYS FEATURE (11): Poles begin to come to terms with history
Jewish Telegraphic Agency;  August 18, 1996 ;     700+ words ......08-18-1996 HIGH HOLIDAYS FEATURE (11): Poles begin to come to terms with history of...painful process: the growing recognition by Poles of the extent that recent Polish history...crowd. "Deeply regretting everything that Poles have ever been guilty of against Jews and...

Article: Pole structures conference: addresses utility and telecommunications industry.(Association News)
Bulletin (Northwest Public Power Association);  December 1, 2003 ;     605 words ......recent changes that have been made to standards for wood poles and how those changes require designers to consider...for Buildings and Other Structures. Protecting Wood Poles With protection of wood poles an ongoing crusade, more and more chemicals are...