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Joint Use

Joint Use Audits & Management

Joint Use Audits

DRG provides comprehensive Joint Use Services. Beginning with a field inventory of poles that will include who’s attached, ownership status, double wood presence and potential NESC violations. The data collected is used to reconcile attachment records from previous years which allows for updated billing to third parties to occur. DRG also assists with contract negotiations, right of way access, and payment records, to help streamline workflows.

Joint Use Management Services

DRG’s team of designers and engineers work with utilities to define standards within the utility that third party attachers must comply to. DRG’s team’s become part of the utility working directly with the third parties to receive applications, perform the fielding, make ready and Pole loading to approve or reject applications submitted. DRG’s team becomes the joint use department of the utility.

NESC Audits

DRG’s team of professionals can administer National Electric Safety Code (NESC) audits to ensure that installation, operation, and maintenance of electrical poles and attachments are aligned with the most current regulations. We examine ground wires and clearances between attachments to collect reliable data about the compliance of your network.

Street Light Audits

Street lights are an essential part of building safer communities. DRG’s teams can regularly inspect the street lights in a municipality to ensure that they’re working properly, up to codes and compliance regulations, so your communities can have the peace of mind they need.

Attachment Application & Make-Ready Engineering

Field Inventory & Verification For Distribution & Transmission Systems

Providing and maintaining accurate GIS data is critical to managing the day-to-day operations of your utility company. DRG’S relationships with leading GIS solutions providers allows our team to provide comprehensive turn-key solutions. Our inventory, verification and updating services offer our clients the benefits of accurate information for their GIS, engineering analyses, outage management and advanced distribution management systems.

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Underground Distribution Inventory & Locations

Davey Resource Group is excited to announce our new capacity to audit metro underground utility systems. Underground utilities are a staple in urban areas, and as utility companies look to manage their underground systems more efficiently, they need a reliable partner to help manage their infrastructure. DRG can provide a comprehensive plan to help seamlessly perform duct bank and communication audits and full electric system modeling, with seamless data integrated back into your GIS.

NESC Inspections

Line Inspections

With hundreds of miles of transmission and distribution lines to oversee, utility providers need reliable inspection data to identify areas of concern, potential hazards, and other risk factors that could interrupt service or damage equipment. DRG’s team of trained professionals are on the ground, providing equipment defects, right-of-way clearance issues, and more - and relaying that information back to our clients.

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Map Maintenance

Accurate, reliable mapping is a critical part of maximizing efficiency, reducing downtime, and helping prevent outages for utility companies. Our GIS mapping solutions use custom cartography, story mapping, LiDAR and more to create and maintain detailed maps of your infrastructure to provide the data you need to manage work, coordinate with project managers, and communicate with stakeholders.

Featured Client Success Stories

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Communication Utility

DRG Offsets Excess Pole Load By Removing Unused Copper Drop Wire

After a Southwest U.S. communications company upgraded to fiber lines, DRG was called in to help remove old copper drop wires from homes and businesses in several states, saving the communications company money while removing unnecessary pole load.
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Electric Investor-Owned Utility

DRG’s Full System Verification Helps Utility Decrease Outage Frequency In Michigan

DRG’s system inventory provides a Michigan utility with the most recent information on their distribution system, allowing the utility to make informed decisions that can decrease outage duration and frequency.
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Electric Co-op Utility

DRG Helps Northern Neck Electric Cooperative Bring High Speed Internet To Members In Warsaw, VA

Northern Neck Electric Cooperative and All Points Broadband partnered for an initiative to bring broadband internet to members in northeastern Virginia. DRG’s team of experts are helping to complete this mission with a full-scale service, including design and construction.
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Electric Investor-Owned Utility

DRG Expands Midwestern Utility’s Double Wood Removal Program

Davey Resource Group crews work in Florida, the Carolinas, Kentucky, Ohio, and Indiana to remove hazardous two-pole conditions.
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Electric Co-op Utility

TVEC Data Collection Project Is First Step To Completing Fiber Upgrades In Hardin County, TN

Davey Resource Group collected location data on over 11 million feet of lines for TVEC, which will be used to design a route for fiber line installation.
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Electric Investor-Owned Utility

DRG Joint Use Application Review Helps Keeps PNM’s Customers Up To Date With Improved Technology

Davey Resource Group, Inc. performs a detailed review of Public Service Company of New Mexico’s joint-use applications, ensuring communications companies and other service providers can safely attach to PNM’s poles.
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Electric Co-op Utility

DRG Brings Presque Isle Electric & Gas Members One Step Closer To Broadband Internet Access

DRG performed a full-system inventory for PIEG to jumpstart the utility’s fiber to the home project.
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Electric Co-op Utility

DRG Inspects 5,000 Poles In Oklahoma

Using sound and visual inspection methods, DRG assessed utility poles to help Southeastern Electric Cooperative prioritize pole replacements throughout their system
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Electric Investor-Owned Utility

A Texas Utility Calls On DRG For Routine Pole Inspection & Restoration

A Texas utility stays ahead of outages by inspecting the distribution poles in their service area annually.
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Electric Investor-Owned Utility

DRG's Drone Fleet Tackles State-Spanning Project

DRG helped bolster electric service reliability by conducting a comprehensive visual inspection of various locations for a Texas utility using U.S. drones to collect high-resolution imagery.
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