Ergon Energy’s 800,000 plus power poles are located throughout
regional and remote Queensland, Australia, providing 580,000
residential and business customers with a quality, reliable electricity
supply.
When high-level work orders and maintenance plans for the poles are
released to the various contractors and internal staffing bodies, planners
then take the available work and distribute it out to the field inspectors. In
addition to performing routine maintenance, the inspectors are then
required to update a number of details about the pole, including the
number of attached assets (lights, switches), defects and any minor
maintenance conducted, for ongoing asset management purposes. It
takes approximately three years for all power poles in Ergon’s power
distribution infrastructure to be inspected.
Abstract:
Ergon Energy’s 800,000 plus power poles are located throughout
regional and remote Queensland, Australia, providing 580,000
residential and business customers with a quality, reliable electricity
supply.
When high-level work orders and maintenance plans for the poles are
released to the various contractors and internal staffing bodies, planners
then take the available work and distribute it out to the field inspectors. In
addition to performing routine maintenance, the inspectors are then
required to update a number of details about the pole, including the
number of attached assets (lights, switches), defects and any minor
maintenance conducted, for ongoing asset management purposes. It
takes approximately three years for all power poles in Ergon’s power
distribution infrastructure to be inspected.
