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Location

Commerce, Georgia

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P&J Role

Prime Contractor

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Completion Date

May 2021

Project Description

A major utility’s new Banks Crossing Substation was constructed to improve power supply services to increase needs in Commerce, Georgia. 

Project Highlights

16

drilled shafts 5’ dia. x 22’ deep (rebar & anchor bolt cages installed)

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direct embed poles - 6’ dia. x 22’ deep embedment holes (110’-tall poles, 60,000 lbs each)

P&J was contracted to install a 4–pole 230kV and 16-pole 115kV dead end structure consisting of 20 drilled shafts of multiple sizes, 110’ direct–embed poles, and associated hardware. The pre-cast, concrete poles were 110’ long and weighed 60,000 lbs. P&J developed and enacted a comprehensive work plan to safely erect these direct–embed structures and complete all hardware framing after installation.