Post – Hurricane Power Restoration

Project Scope of Work Included:

• Delivery of 115 Pieces of Equipment and 90 Full-Time Employees
• Repairing and Raising Downed Transmission Lines
• Roadway Pole Replacements
• Lattice Tower Installations in Difficult Mountainous Terrain

Challenges and Results

We performed extremely dangerous jobs, repairing downed lines and equipment while maneuvering equipment around fallen trees and debris and traversing a devastated landscape. Our crew dealt with material shortages, a lack of access to running water, no power, long work days, cramped sleeping quarters, extreme heat, and prolific insects.

Two project managers, three supervisors, three general foreman, and two safety managers were always on-site to provide safety guidance and support. Our management in the northeast stayed in constant contact with our employees on the ground, holding daily calls to stay up-to-date and address issues as they arose. Due to the lack of available new materials, we worked with what was on-hand, repairing and repurposing existing equipment to rebuild the grid.

Thanks to the resourcefulness and flexibility of our team, we restored a portion of the island’s power supply, despite working in the most difficult terrain and conditions we’d ever encountered.

Thanks to proactive planning, we quickly responded to Hurricane Isaias. Our teams worked tirelessly, 16 hours a day and 7 days a week, to restore service for our utility clients and their customers.