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2010 Southeastern Utility Pole Conference Presentations
August 10th, 2010 | 
Author: Following are the PowerPoints and technical forum posters from the 2010 Southeastern Utility Pole Conference. The conference proceedings on CD are available at the Forest Products Society website for $50 for non-members and $40 for members. Please contact SPTA if you have any questions or problems with the material. Thank you.
Author Title
Keynote Speaker
Andy Stewart – State of the Industry: Emerging Issues and Opportunities
Session I: UPGRADING THE GRID
Tom Pope – Wood Pole Service Life and Remedial Treatments POPE
Mickey Rachal – Barky Pole Supply in the Southern U.S. – Projections of Availability
Bill Gay – A New Generation Electric Utility Distribution Pole
Mike H. Freeman & Steve Smith – Wood Pole Engineering Aspects: For The Non-Engineer
Kevin Ragon - Collecting and Storing Data Using RFID Technology For The Utility Industry
Luncheon Speaker – Todd Myers - Eco-Fads or Innovation
David Denison – Radio Frequency Identification (RFID): A Case Study
Session II: GREENING THE GRID
Charles Morgan, John B. Auel, & Wayne Tucker – MPLT & MIFI: Providing a Framework for Wood Biomass Energy Development C MORGAN
Yonnie Leung – Electric Utility Industry Sustaninable Supply Chain Alliance – Alliance Poles Category Working Team Report
Ross Harding – When Fiber Doesn’t Matter
Dennis Morgan – Accelerated Tests on Several AWPA P9 Type A Solvent Systems Including a Biodiesel Blend FP9-HTS
Session III: POLES & THE ENVIRONMENT
Paul Cooper – Options for the Management of Poles Removed From Service
J.Dahlen, D. Jones, L. Prewitt & R. Shmulsky – Emissions Released During Kiln Drying of Southern Pine Utility Poles
Jeff Morrell – Emerging Above Ground Issues Associated with an Aging Utility System
Todd Shupe & Chung Hse – Recent Breakthrough in CCA Metal Recovery
Jeff Giffen, P.E. – Strengthening Overloaded Poles and System Hardening with Steel Truss Systems
Session IV: POLE MANUFACTURE & STEWARDSHIP
Terry L. Amburgey & H.Michael Barnes - From Forest to Pole: 40 Years Observing Deterioration
Craig R. McIntyre & Mike H. Freeman – Pole Specs: What Do They Mean?
Charles Faulds, P.E. & Charles Kerr – TEC Hybrid Pole
Rick Harness & S. Gombobaatar – Perch Discouragers and Raptor Electrocutions – A Mongolian Perspective
INDUSTRIAL PRESERVATIVE ROUNDTABLE
David Webb - Future of Creosote As A Wood Preservative
John Wilkinson - Pentachlorophenol: The Preservative of Choice for Utility Poles
Chuck Shaw - CCA Treated Utility Poles – A Short Look Back, A Good Look Ahead!
Mike H. Freeman & Craig R. McIntyre – Copper Naphthenate: An Update & Review The Cu Nap Paper is here since it was not in the proceedings.
TECHNICAL FORUM PRESENTATIONS
Tim Carey - A Climbing Evaluation of Pine Poles Treated with a CCA/Oil Emulsion System – A 20 Year Update
Cheng Piao & Todd Shupe – Pentachlorophenol Retention Across and Along Decommissioned Southern Pine Utility Poles PIAO
Saeed Keshami Langroodi, Hamid Borazjami, D.D. Nicholas, M.I. Prewitt, S.V. Diehl & Shane Kitchens – Forest Products Department, MSU – Evaluating Biodiesel as a Replacement Carrier for Pentachlorophenol (PCP) LANGROODI
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