Feb 23, 2023
Animals in remote areas do more harm to wood poles than people realize, and they can do a lot of damage very fast. Woodpeckers bore holes in poles to get at the termites within, and bees can make homes in the holes left behind....
Dustin is the Director of Marketing and Product Development for the Creative Composites Group. He earned his Civil Engineering degree in 1993 and spent the early part of his career in heavy construction. Dustin has been with Creative for 25 years and continues to be instrumental in the market investigation and development of major pultrusion products and product lines associated with civil/structural applications, holding four patents related to pultruded systems. He is a key player in the development of codes and standards in support of the FRP pultrusion industry.
Feb 23, 2023
Animals in remote areas do more harm to wood poles than people realize, and they can do a lot of damage very fast. Woodpeckers bore holes in poles to get at the termites within, and bees can make homes in the holes left behind....
Topics: FRP Composites, utility
Jul 21, 2022
Wood has been the most utilized material for utility poles for many decades. But wood has always been at the mercy of Mother Nature. Humans haven’t yet created an artificial process to create wood like we have for lab-grown...
Topics: FRP Composites, utility
Jun 28, 2022
Any utility providing power to rural areas faces unique challenges. So too do utilities serving areas that experience regular, extreme weather events. One Maine utility had to address both.
The utility faced several challenges:...
Topics: FRP Composites, utility
Jun 10, 2022
The average lifespan of a wood utility pole could be many years – but not when woodpeckers have anything to say about it.
Woodpeckers present the single largest threat to the durability and longevity of wood utility poles in the...
Topics: FRP Composites, utility
May 17, 2022
Earth currently has around three trillion trees. This may seem like a lot until you consider that this is half as many as existed before human civilization arose. As we said in a recent blog on climate change, no one and nothing...
Topics: FRP Composites, utility
May 10, 2022
Climate change is negatively affecting everyone and everything, including infrastructure. Even without climate-related problems, the United States’ infrastructure is in sorry shape. The Council on Foreign Relations has explained...
Topics: FRP Composites, utility poles, utility
Apr 13, 2022
Wood treatment facilities using pentachlorophenol – commonly referred to as “penta” – have until February 2027 to use penta on their products, while penta manufacturers must cease penta production by February 2024.
Topics: FRP Composites, utility poles, utility
Jan 28, 2022
The newly passed H.R. 3684, known as the Infrastructure Investment & Jobs Act (IIJA), allocates an unprecedented $1.2 trillion between 2022 and 2026 to revitalize America’s infrastructure. This is outstanding news for the...
Topics: FRP Composites, infrastructure bill
Sep 24, 2021
CNBC recently reported that grid operators in the Western U.S. are struggling to keep operations running smoothly in the face of wildfires and drought. On August 31, 2021, the U.S. Drought Monitor recorded moderate to severe...
Topics: FRP, utilities, utility poles, fire sleeve
Jul 29, 2021
Unscathed FRP utility pole after a hurricane
Resiliency is one of the most used words these days. This is due to many reasons, including recognition that we need longer-lasting infrastructure and the extreme weather pushing...
Topics: FRP Composites, FRP, Resiliency