Electric and Telephone Transmission Lines: Structural Safety, Seismic Safety Inspection, Seismic Retrofit, Tidal Energy Generation, Wave Energy Generation, Transmission Line Repair, Transmission Line Reconstruction, Television Tower Restoration

The recent devastating earthquakes in Haiti, Chile, and China underscore the need for preventative mitigation and restoration efforts for these earthquake-ravaged countries and for the U.S. and elsewhere, as well as for the many electric and telephone transmission, towers, and poles, and other infrastructure in the U.S. and around the world that my be in danger of collapse or partial destruction - in the event of an earthquake, tsunami, storm, or other natural or human-caused stress.

Charles B. Pyke, Ph.D., President, CEO, and Principal Scientist of Environmental Science & Energy, Inc., offers structural and seismic analysis of the integrity of electric and telephone transmission lines, transformers, towers, and poles, plus radio and television transmission towers and antennas, worldwide, plus inspection, repair, reinforcement, reconstruction, restoration, or replacement of these structures and facilities. [Many of the structures, facilities, and services offered may apply to the earthquake-damaged Port-au-Prince, Haiti and to locations damaged by the earthquake and/or tsunami in Chile.] These include, but are not limited to:

Structures and Facilities:

Electric transmission lines in the United States, plus dams in Canada, Mexico, and overseas.

Electric transmission line towers and poles - in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, and overseas.

Telephone transmission lines in the United States, plus dams in Canada, Mexico, and overseas.

Telephone transmission line towers and poles - in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, and overseas.

Electric and telephone transformers and relays.

Underground electric lines.

Underground telephone lines.

Cell phone towers.

Radio and television transmission towers and antennas.

Other public utility facilities.

The defects and hazards include, but are not limited to:

Faulty, shoddy, or generally poor original construction.

Construction that met building and seismic codes at the time of the original construction, but which fail to meet today's codes, and which could be a hazard to life and property in the future.

Construction that met building and seismic codes at the time of the original construction, but which have deteriorated over the years or were damaged or weakened by fire, weather, floods, tsunamis, earthquakes, ground subsidence, landslides, avalanches, or blasts (including sonic booms or nearby demolitions).

Foundation failures of transmission line towers and poles, and other structures, resulting from corrosion, earthquakes, subsidence, liquefaction, ground shifts, tsunamis, and/or gradual deterioration of materials from water currents and weather.

Landslides: threats; slides that have occurred since construction of a structure and may have weakened the structure.

Corrosion, over the years, of underground and above-ground natural gas, water supply, and sewer pipes and conduits.

Earthquake faults and potential for major shaking or permanent ground deformation.

Proximity of a structure to earthquake faults and soil vulnerable to magnified shaking.

Potential for subsidence of the soil beneath a structure, including differential subsidence within a structure's footprint.

Services Offered:

Inspection of the structure or facility.

Construction defects analysis.

Structural analysis for damage, deterioration, or corrosion over the years.

Seismic hazards and seismic safety analysis

Repair of defects.

Mitigation, overhaul, or renovation - partial or total.

Reinforcement of the structure or facility.

Restoration or reconstruction of the structure or facility.

Protection against maximum credible earthquake.

Protection against maximum credible wind event.

Demolition or removal of entire structure or facility.

Replacement of entire structure or facility.

Design and construction of new towers, transformers, and transmission lines.

Research into improvement in the construction of various structures or facilities.

For more information about these services and other programs:

Telephone: Environmental Science & Energy, Inc.: (520) 625-8346 or (877) 373-4629,

cellular (520) 310-9931 or (775) 742-5376. Alternate (520) 625-8316.

FAX: Call (520) 625-8346 to obtain fax number.

e-mail: Call (520) 625-8316 to obtain e-mail address.

Mailing address for Dr. Charles B. Pyke, President & CEO:

P. O. Box 1747, Green Valley, AZ 85622-1747

Contract, billing, and payment address:

P. O. Box 292760, Phelan, CA 92329-2760.