Program

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SCHEDULE-AT-A-GLANCE

(Subject to change)

Sunday, November 8, 2009
8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Committee Meetings
12:00 - 6:00 p.m. Registration
1:00 - 5:00 p.m. Pre-conference Workshop: Design of Transmission Line Structure Foundations
5:30 - 7:30 p.m. Grand Opening Reception
Monday, November 9, 2009
7:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. Registration
7:45 - 8:30 a.m. Breakfast
8:30  - 9:45 a.m. Opening Plenary Session
9:45 - 10:15 a.m. Refreshment Break
10:15 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Technical Session I: Loading I
12:00 - 1:30 p.m. Lunch in Exhibit Hall
1:30 - 3:15 p.m. Technical Session II: Analysis and Design
3:15 - 3:45 p.m. Refreshment Break
3:45 - 5:30 p.m. Technical Session III: Foundations
5:30 - 7:30 p.m. Networking Reception
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
7:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. Registration
7:15 - 8:00 a.m. Breakfast
8:00 - 9:45 a.m. Technical Session IV: Substation Design
9:45 - 10:15 a.m. Refreshment Break
10:15 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Technical Session V: Loading II
12:00 - 1:30 p.m. Lunch in Exhibit Hall
1:30 - 3:15 p.m. Technical Session VI: Analysis and Design
3:15 - 3:45 p.m. Refreshment Break
3:45 - 5:30 p.m. Technical Session VII: Case Studies - Foundations
5:30 - 7:30 p.m. Reception in Exhibit Hall
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
7:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Registration
7:15 - 8:00 a.m. Breakfast
8:00 - 9:45 a.m. Technical Session VIII: Case Studies – Construction Challenges
9:45 - 10:15 a.m. Refreshment Break
10:15 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Technical Session IX: Applied Technologies
12:00 - 12:15 p.m. Conference Wrap-Up
12:15 - 1:15 p.m. Lunch 
1:30 - 5:30 p.m. Conference Seminar: Transmission Conductors
Thursday, November 12, 2009
7:30 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. Technical Tours


IN-DEPTH TECHNICAL SESSIONS

One-track scheduling allows you to attend every session and gain expertise from each and every topic. Presentations will also allow for discussion time so you can get answers to your specific questions.

Monday, November 9

10:15 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Session I: Loading I

Session Lead: Archie D. Pugh, P.E., M.ASCE, American Electric Power

This session promises to get the conference off to a rousing and stimulating start. Determining proper structure loadings remains a lively debate. Expect to be challenged to re-think traditional design methodologies due to recent technological advances and computational tools. Papers will challenge our basic assumptions related to sag-tension, containment loads, wood pole strengths, and the issue of pre-designed steel poles and wood pole equivalency. These topics should be enough to stimulate lively discussions at the breaks!

Common Sag and Tension Errors: It’s Time for Template Technology to be Put in the Drawer Forever

Otto J. Lynch, P.E., M.ASCE, Power Line Systems, Inc.

Estimation of Containment Loads on a 230kV Existing Steel Transmission Line Using Finite Element Model

Asim Haldar, Ph.D, P.Eng., Maria Veitch, B. Eng., Trevor Andrews, P.Eng., Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro

Are Wood Poles Getting Weaker?

Brent Baker, P. E, A. M.ASCE, The Empire District Electric Co.; Michael Brown, P.E., M.ASCE, Allgeier, Martin and Associates, Inc.

The Chaotic Confusion Surrounding “Wood Equivalents” Non-Wood Poles

Wesley J. Oliphant, P.E., F.ASCE, ReliaPOLE Solutions, Inc.

 


1:30 – 3:15 p.m.

Session II: Analysis and Design I

Session Lead: Otto J. Lynch, P.E., M.ASCE, Power Line Systems, Inc.

This session will use actual projects to illustrate developments in structural analysis and design. We will hear about developments related to large projects, lattice steel towers, high ampacity 345 kV lines, and steel davit arms on concrete pole interactions. Lessons-learned from actual case studies have proven to be excellent teaching tools.

Lessons Learned on Mega Projects

Michael Beehler, P.E., F. ASCE, Burns & McDonnell

Lessons Learned from Design and Test of Latticed Steel

Quan He Fan, P.E., M.ASCE, Georgia Transmission Corporation

345kV High Ampacity OH/UG Project

Dana Crissey, P.E., M.ASCE, Oncor Electric Delivery LLC

Laboratory and Field Testing of Steel Davit Arm Fatigue Failures on Concrete Poles

Bruce Freimark, P.E., F.ASCE, Meihuan (Nancy) Zhu, Ph.D., P.E., American Electric Power, Robert Whapham, P.E., SM.IEEE, Preformed Line Products


3:45 – 5:30 p.m.

Session III: Foundations

Session Lead: Robert E. Nickerson, P.E., M.ASCE, Consulting Engineer

The wise man built his house upon the rock….because he realized the value of a solid foundation. Similarly, transmission and substation structures are only as good as their underlying support. This session will present issues that include geotechnical investigations, optimizing and integrating foundations, methods for designing direct-embedded wood pole foundations, and inspection and repair of existing foundations.

Geotechnical Investigations for a Transmission Line Are More Than Drilled Borings

Kristofer Johnson, P.G., Kleinfelder

Integration of Optimum, High Voltage Transmission Line Foundations

Freeman A. Thompson, EIT, A.M.ASCE, Nick G. Salisbury, Aff.M.ASCE, Crux Subsurface, Inc.; Anwar Khattak, Ph.D., Gonzaga University; Aaron C. Hastings, P.E., M.ASCE, Arroyo Engineering Consultants, Inc.; Michael

Foster, P.E., Dashiell

Transmission Pole Foundations: Alternate Design Methods for Direct-Embedded Round Wood Transmission Poles

Cassie McNames, P.E., A.M.ASCE, Ulteig Engineers, Inc.; Sivapalan Gajan, Ph.D., North Dakota State University

 

Assessment and Repair of Steel Tower & Steel Pole Foundations

Nelson Bingel, III, A.M.ASCE, Kevin Niles, Osmose Utilities Services, Inc.


Tuesday, November 10

8:00 – 9:45 a.m.

Session IV: Substation Design

Session Lead: Leon Kempner Jr., Ph.D., P.E., M.ASCE, Bonneville Power Administration

Transmission lines always have to terminate somewhere. Without a robust substation structural system, transmission lines can not function. Substation structures present their own unique challenges. This session will address 3D design and modeling of substations, seismic design, and recent developments in substation bus design.

3D Automated Design of Substations

Denis Lemelin, P.Eng., A.M.ASCE, Cédric Bégel, P.Eng., Cesar Benavides, C. Lacroix, Yves Drolet, Hydro-Quebec

Analytical Techniques to Reduce Magnetic Force from High Fault Current on Rigid Bus

Thomas Amundsen, P.E., M.ASCE, Jesse Oster, Kenneth Malten, P.E., F.ASCE, Sargent & Lundy LLC

Seismic Design of Substation Structures

Anthony M. DiGioia, Jr., Ph.D., P.E., Dist.M.ASCE, Enrique Bazan-Zurita, Ph.D., Sittipong Jarernprasset, Ph.D., DiGioia, Gray & Associates LLC; Jacob Bielak, Ph.D., P.E., M.ASCE, Carnegie Mellon University

Substation Bus Design: Current Methods Compared with Field Results

Keith Malmedal, Ph.D., P.E., M.ASCE, John Wendelburg, P.E., NEI Electric Power Engineering


10:15 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Session V: Loading II

Session Lead: Gary E. Bowles, P.E., M.ASCE, Electrical Consultants, Inc.

If Session I doesn’t do it for you, prepare to be challenged on how to evaluate wind and ice loads on structures. We will hear papers that address current trends in wind load calculations and loads that result from ice shedding. These papers promise to add ammunition to the already lively debates related to wind load calculations.

 

Wind Load Methodologies for Transmission Line Towers and Conductors

Leon Kempner, Jr., Ph.D., P.E., M.ASCE, Bonneville Power Administration

Review of Span and Gust Factors for Transmission Line Design

Roberto H. Behncke, Ph.D., Aff.M.ASCE, POWER Engineers; T.C. Eric Ho, Ph.D., P.Eng., University of Western Ontario

Wind Loading: Uncertainties and Honesty Suggest Simplification

Alain H. Peyrot, Ph.D., P.E., F.ASCE, University of Wisconsin

The Effects of Ice Shedding on a 500 kV Line

Alan B. Peabody, Ph.D., P.E., M.ASCE, University of Alaska-Anchorage; Ron Carrington, P.E., M.ASCE, POWER Engineers


1:30 – 3:15 p.m.

Session VI: Analysis and Design II

Session Lead: Frank W. Agnew, P.E., M.ASCE, Alabama Power Company

This session will present information to challenge attendees on a number of issues. Weathering steel, aesthetic design, large catenary support structures, and new high temperature, low sag conductors are the topics that will be sure to stimulate thought and discussion.

Fact or Fiction: Weathering Steel Can Provide Effective Corrosion Protection to Steel Structures

C. J. Wong, Ph.D., P.E., DHW Engineering LLC

Aesthetic Mitigation: The Challenge Confronting Future Expansion of Transmission Lines

Archie Pugh, P.E., M.ASCE, Max Chau, Scott Kennedy, American Electric Power

Large Catenary Structures for High Voltage Transmission Lines

Peter Catchpole, P.Eng., M.ASCE, Erik Ruggeri, P.E., M.ASCE, POWER Engineers

 

Alabama Power Increases Line Capacity Using 3M ACCR Conductor (On Existing Towers )

Howard Samms, Southern Company Transmission

 


3:45 – 5:30 p.m.

Session VII: Case Studies – Foundations

Session Lead: Anthony M. DiGioia, Jr., Ph.D., P.E., Dist.M.ASCE, DiGioia, Gray & Associates LLC

This session will explore a number of foundation challenges from a variety of actual projects. Lessons learned will be presented from deepwater foundations in a lake environment, environmentally-sensitive foundation issues for a 230 kV double-circuit line, 230 kV lattice tower replacements in a flood zone, and foundation flexibility and adaptability on a long-duration, large project.

Deepwater Transmission Line Foundations Meet Trophy Bass Lake Environment

Robert Norman, P.E., Wood County Electric Cooperative; Anthony M. DiGioia, Jr., Ph.D., P.E., Dist.M.ASCE, DiGioia, Gray & Associates LLC; Tip Goodwin, P.E., PBS&J

Golden Pass LNG 230kV Double Circuit

Ernest C. Williamson, Jr., P.E., M.ASCE, Entergy Services, Inc.; Ronald L. Rowland, M.ASCE, Transmission Line Design

230kV Lattice Tower Replacement: An Example of Design Loadings Not Addressed in the NESC

Norman Hodges, P.E., M.ASCE, Seattle City Light

Design and Construction Challenges of Overhead Transmission Line Foundations (NU’s Middletown Norwalk Project)

Christopher L. McCall, EIT, A.M.ASCE, James M. Hogan, P.E., M.ASCE, David Retz, P.E., M.ASCE, Burns & McDonnell


Wednesday, November 11

8:00 – 9:45 a.m.

Session VIII: Case Studies – Construction Challenges

Session Lead: Ron Carrington, P.E., M.ASCE, POWER Engineers

Once the design and procurement phases are complete, the problems are over, right? Not so fast, my friend! This session will provide insight into construction issues from Iowa to Alaska to Africa to Kazakhstan. Real-life examples of the challenges involved in disaster recovery, as well as construction of lines and substations, will stimulate thinking and provide food for thought.

Construction Challenges of Extra High Voltage Transmission Lines: Building in the Most Difficult Terrain in the World

Deepak Lakhapati, Ph.D., KEC International LTD

Transmission Line Construction in Sub-Arctic Alaska Case Study: “Golden Valley Electric Association’s 230kV Northern Intertie”

Gregory E. Wyman, P.E., P.L.S., M.ASCE, Golden Valley Electric Association

Transmission Line at St. Andrew Bay

Rengaswamy Shanmugasundaram, P.E., M.ASCE, Mesa Associates, Inc.

The 2008 Iowa Floods: Structural Challenges and Solutions

Marlon Vogt, P.E., M.ASCE, Ulteig Engineers; Tim Van Weelden, Alliant Energy; James W. Graham, Pike Electric

 


10:15 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Session IX: Applied Technology

Session Lead: Wesley J. Oliphant, P.E., F.ASCE., ReliaPole Solutions

This final session will present a number of challenging papers on new and interesting applications of technology. Papers will address temperature and mechanical effects on conductors, electronic modeling applied to vegetation management, and direct-embedded steel corrosion issues.

Line Rating: It’s All About the Temperature!

Ryan Bliss, P.E., S.E., M.ASCE, Electrical Consultants, Inc.

Vegetation Management through LiDAR Derived CADD Models: Compliance with NERC Reliability Standard FAC-003-1

Nicholas Ferguson, S. Ryder, S. Verth, P. Richardson, R. Ray, Network Mapping

Sequential Mechanical Testing of Conductor Designs

Bruce Freimark, P.E., F.ASCE, American Electric Power; Bruce VaughnM.IEEE, Jean-Marie Asselin, P. Eng., M.IEEE, Alcan Cable; Craig Pon, P.Eng., M.IEEE, T&D Mechanical Laboratory; Zsolt Peter, Ph.D., M.IEEE,

Kinectrics, Inc.

H2s Entrapment and Corrosion on Direct-Embedded Galvanized Steel Transmission Poles

Ajay Mallik, P.E., SANPEC, Inc.; Andy Cooper, Lower Colorado River Authority

 

POSTER SESSIONS

Poster sessions will be presented on Monday and Tuesday during refreshment breaks.

Dynamic Wind Analyses of Transmission Line Structures

Ferawati Gani, Frederic Legeron, Mathieu Ashby,

Université de

Sherbrooke

Poster Group 1

Temporary Support of Lattice Steel Transmission Towers

Scott Monroe, P.E., John D. Kile, Osmose Utilities Services; Rodger Calvert, P.E., Mesa and Associates, Inc.

Poster Group 1

Power Restoration Solution After Major Cyclone "GONU" Hit Oman in June 2007

Deepak Lakhapati, Ph.D.,  KEC International Ltd.

Poster Group 1

Analysis Challenges in the Evaluation of Existing Aluminum Towers

Rengaswamy Shanmugasundaram, P.E., Jason W. Kilgore, P.E., S.E.,

Rodger Calvert, P.E., Mesa Associates, Inc.

Poster Group 1

Electrical and Mechanical Considerations in 765kV (Insulator) Hardware Assembly Design

John Kuffel, Ph.D, P.Eng., F.IEEE, Ziqin Li, Ph.D., P.Eng., SM.IEEE, Kinectrics, Inc.; Bruce Freimark

P.E., F.ASCE, Teja Rao, AVNG, American Electric Power

Poster Group 1

Strength of Steel Angles Subjected to Short Duration Axial Loads

Jared J. Perez, Leon Kempner Jr., Bonneville Power Administration;

Wendelin H. Mueller III, Infra-Structure Testing and Applied Research (iSTAR) Laboratory

Poster Group 1

Strength of Corroded Angle Members

L.V. Beaulieu, F. Légeron, S. Langlois, S. Prud’homme, Université de Sherbrooke

Poster Group 1

Steel Structure Surface Preparation for Below Grade Coatings

Ed Jacobs, Thomas & Betts Corporation

Poster Group 1

Tapered Cylindrical Cantilever Beam Retrofitted with Steel Reinforced Polymer or Grout

Bryce Barton, Finley Engineering Company

Poster Group 2

Transmission Towers – Dynamic Load Factors for Snapped Cables

James F. Hannigan, M.S. - CE, National Grid

Poster Group 2

Impact of Alternate Galloping Criteria on Transmission Line Structure Costs

David Boddy, J. Rice, Sargent and Lundy LLC

Poster Group 2

Sabre Galvanizing

David Winkeljohn, P.E., M.ASCE, Sabre Tubular Structures

Poster Group 2

 

PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOP

Sunday, November 8

1:00 – 5:00 p.m.

Design of Transmission Line Structure Foundations

Presenter: Anthony M. DiGioia, Jr., Ph.D., P.E., Dist.M.ASCE, DiGioia,

Gray & Associates LLC.

Workshop topics will include the foundation design process; subsurface investigations; selection of geotechnical design parameters; deterministic and reliability-based foundation design procedures; calibration of several foundation design methods against the results of full-scale foundation load tests; the design of foundations for single poles, lattice towers, and H-frame structures; and example problems.

Registration Fee: $95 Advance, $105 Onsite.

 

CONFERENCE SEMINAR

Wednesday, November 11

1:30 – 5:30 p.m.

Transmission Conductors

Presenter: Dale Douglass, P.E., Power Delivery Consultants, Inc

Increasing power flow through existing lines is a priority in today’s power systems.  New types of high temperature, low sag conductors allow increases of 50 percent or more in thermal line rating.   Whether new or old, conductor sag must be calculated under all loading conditions to ensure the public safety.  The workshop describes new and old conductor materials and manufacturing processes, explains sag-tension calculation methods, and illustrates thermal rating calculations. Topics include the catenary, plastic and elastic conductor elongation, and operation of lines at high temperature.  Registration Fee: Complimentary for Full Registrants and Wednesday Daily Registrants.  Please check box on Registration Form to reserve your place.

Registration Fee: Complimentary for Full Registrants and Wednesday Daily Registrants. Please check box on Registration Form to reserve your place.