Southern Pressure Treaters' Association

SPTA 2012 Summer Meeting Announcement

Carl — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 18:58:05 +0000

The 2012 Summer Meeting will be held at The Grove Park Inn Resort and Spa in lovely Asheville, North Carolina. The dates are August 23-25, 2012. Please check back for registration forms and additional information. Thank You!

Western Wood Preservers Institute Seeks Assistant Executive Director

Carl — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 18:50:07 +0000

The Western Wood Preservers Institute (WWPI) is opening applications for the position of Assistant Executive Director, a full-time position with promotional opportunity. For a detailed job description, please click on following file: AED POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT 4.12

2011 Eastern Utility Pole Conference

admin — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 19:11:48 +0000

The following are a few of the PowerPoints from the 2011 Eastern Utility Pole Conference held in Baltimore in October, 2011. Please contact SPTA if you have any problems with viewing the material. Thank you.

N.T. “Tim” Carey & H.M. “Mike” Barnes: A Wood Pole Primer
Nelson G. Bingel III: ASC O5 Committee: Wood Poles, Crossarms, Laminated Poles
Nelson G. Bingel: 2012 NESC Overview: UG – Clearances – Strength & Load
Mike H. Freeman: Bleeding of Oil-Type / Oilborne Wood Preservatives
Colin McCown: AWPA and ASC 05 Update
Stephen T. Smith: Treated Wood Utility Poles Offer Environmental Life Cycle Advantages Compared to Steel, Concrete, and FRC
Bob Reisdorff: Laminated Wood –Engineered Wood Structures for Transmission and Distribution Applications
Todd F. Shupe and Mike H. Freeman: Effect of Preservative Type and Gaff Type on Gaff Penetration Into Wood Poles

FREE- Wood Pole Structure Design Course

Carl — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 20:28:30 +0000

The North American Wood Pole Council is sponsoring a Wood Pole Structure Design Course in St. Louis, Missouri on September 18 – 20, 2012. The course, normally $795.00 per attendee, is free to utility and coop personnel. Due to the technical nature of material, the course is limited to 40 attendees. The Council reserves the right to limit number of attendees per company.

The attendee will learn to design wood electrical distribution structures. This will include calculating strength and maximum allowable spans for wind and ice loading, guy loading due to tension and wind, and non-design aspects of wood structures. Course includes an extensive design and reference guide.

The training will be held at the St. Louis Airport Marriott. The instructor will be Richard Lovelace with Hi-Line Engineering. Attendees completing this course will earn 18 Professional Development Hours.

For course details and registration information, please click this file: Sept 2012 Wood Pole Seminar flyer

Lineman’s Forum On Fiberglass Poles

Carl — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 17:18:28 +0000

To read how some linemen view fiberglass utility poles versus wood utility poles, please click here.

2010 Southeastern Utility Pole Conference Presentations

Carl — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 21:55:30 +0000

To review the presentations at the conference, please clik on SE Utility Pole Conference tab to the left of this posting. Thank you!

2010 Southeastern Utility Pole Conference Presentations

admin — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 20:13:16 +0000

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

Questions on Wood Utility Poles?

Carl — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 22:23:07 +0000

We invite you to visit the North American Wood Pole Council for Frequently Asked Questions concerning wood utility poles. If you don’t find what you are looking for in the FAQs, please contact SPTA or NAWPC for additional information. Thank you.