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Sales Manual • 2024
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President of Engineering and Operations, said,
“they just work…they did exactly what they were
designed to do — stop the domino effect.” In total,
the utility lost 1,400 wood poles in the November
and December 2015 ice storms, but this is much
less than if the rebuild had not been done. Some
say the magnitude of ice and wind in Goliath was
worse than the storm of 2002. The utility estimates
that the cost for an emergency rebuild is roughly
$60,000 per mile, so it is reasonable to estimate
that the utility saved millions of dollars.
Ductile Iron Poles Are New Standard
Cimarron now incorporates ductile iron poles
into its routine construction practices and installs
two ductile iron poles per mile for single-phase
construction and four poles per mile for three-
phase construction.