// Make-Ready Engineering
Assessing and designing modifications to existing utility poles and overhead infrastructure to prepare them for new attachments, capacity changes, and joint-use coordination.
// Emerging Capability
Electric Infrastructure
Pole engineering, make-ready design, and utility coordination for electric transmission and distribution work.
// Our Approach
How We Deliver Electric Infrastructure
SB&O's Electric Infrastructure team supports investor-owned utilities like SDG&E and PG&E across the lifecycle of transmission and distribution work. We deliver pole loading analyses, make-ready engineering, and the utility relocation work that unblocks new fiber attachments, road widenings, and capital improvement projects.
// What We Offer
Services & Capabilities
Our electric infrastructure team provides a comprehensive range of specialized services.
// Pole Loading Analysis
Structural analysis of utility poles to verify load capacity, clearance, and compliance with NESC and utility-specific standards before adding new equipment or cables.
// Utility Relocation
Planning and coordinating the relocation of existing utility infrastructure to accommodate new development, road widenings, and capital improvement projects.
// T&D Field Engineering
Field walks, constructability reviews, and coordination with utility engineering, planning, and construction teams across transmission and distribution assets.
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Contact our Electric Infrastructure team to discuss pole loading, make-ready, or T&D coordination for your project.