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a)
HOUSTON METRO STATION,
1900 Main, Suite 8133, Houston, TX, W. Mark
Phillips (281) 380-4166, lightning damage to catenaries and
substation equipment.
b)
GENSCAPE, 1140 Garvin Place
Louisville, KY, Jason Fuchs (502) 292-4646,
lightning damage to tower cameras and equipment at tower base.
c)
Donato,
Minx, Brown & Pool/ Attorney at Law,
3200 Southwest Freeway, Houston, TX, Tommy
Gillaspie (713) 877-1112, Lightning damage to Oil Tanks lawsuit
d)
Facility Programming & Consulting,
100 W Houston St, San Antonio, TX, Bryan Sibille (210) 228-9600,
Revised the National Weather Service Manual 30-4106 section on
Lightning Protection, Grounding, Bonding, Shielding, and Surge
Protection Requirements.
e)
Lake
Park Marina, Town Hall, 535 Park
Ave, Lake Park FL, Joann Robin (561) 801-0287, Research possible
tower damage from planned location of a tower near a Marina.
f)
Byron
Public Library, 3486 E Whitaker
Rd., Byron, IL, Rich Pleniewicz (815) 222-7694, Lightning and
Protection Audit of library complex
g)
United
Illuminating, Orange, CT, John
Ivanisin (860) 982-1363
h)
Naval
Surface Warfare Center (NSWC),
Mayport Navel Station,
Jacksonville, FL,
Edward Morai,
443-845-6302, Lightning Protection and Grounding Audit for Magnetic
Silencing Facility (MSF)
i)
Naval
Surface Warfare Center (NSWCCD),
Bethesda MD, Bryan Martin 703-489-8921, Two day Advanced Lightning
and Grounding Seminar
j)
DRS C3
& Aviation Company, Gaithersburg
MD, John Townsend 267-495-9507, FAA-Std. 019E support for bid on
border towers, applying up to date knowledge on Lightning and
equipment building hardening from lightning strike damage
k)
Columbia
County Evans
Georgia,
Lewis Foster 706-312-7325,
Lightning Tower Audit of 6 towers and grounding and electrical
protection hardening of the 6 equipment buildings.
l)
DYMAX
Engineering,
Ann Arbor
MI,
Glenn Keates
P.E. 734-730-2855, Lightning Switchyard Audit to prevent generator
shutdown from lightning entering switchyard from the high voltage
transmission lines
m)
Utility Design Services (UDS),
Edwardsville IL, Chad Boeving 618-797-5269, two day advanced
Lightning and Protection Training Seminar
n)
Boy
Scouts of America Jamboree Facilities at Mt Hope West Virginia,
Charlotte Sturgis
304-877-7914, detailed lightning
audit of jamboree facilities on Mt Hope, WV with recommendations to
minimize lightning exposure to mountain facilities
o)
Occidental Permian LTD, Ron Turner
281-785-6031 provide recommendations on lightning protection to
non-metallic storage tanks that were destroyed from lightning
strikes
p)
Premier Storage,
Huntsville
Alabama,
Mark Russell 256-797-4482, Crown Castle Tower Ground Potential Rise
(GPR) damage to storage units requiring special grounding of tower
and electrical protection of electronic entry equipment
q)
American
Tower,
Ken Gilbert 919-466-5183 / two day
training on grounding and lightning protection
r)
Holy Cross Electric
Association Inc.,
Glenwood Springs,
CO,
Kevin Milner
970-947-5427
s)
Prime
Electric, Inc. ,
Ernest
Randolph,
Indian Hills,
Colorado/
Lightning Protection of home on top
of mountain
t)
FBI-Houston,
Texas,
Joe Gothard, 281-413-8774,
1 Justice Drive,
Houston,
TX
77092,
two day training course on lightning protection of tower
communications locations
u)
Hawaiian Electric (HECO),
820 Ward Avenue,
Honolulu,
HI
96814/Contact
Robert Thompson,
Engineering
Manager (808) 543-7598
(1) Two day Electrical Protection &
Grounding Seminar (17) attendees
v)
Progress Energy, 200 Lucent Lane,
Cary
NC 27518/Contact Marty Caviness,
Engineering
Manager (919) 971-596
Two day Electrical Protection &
Grounding Seminar (16) attendees
w)
South
Mississippi Electric, 3492 Hwy 42,
Hattiesburg,
MS
39402/Contact
Kelly Massa
Communications Design Engineer (601) 580-6222
(1)
Grounding & Electrical
Protection Audit of 5 tower sites and 1 substation tower location
(2)
Engineering
design report with recommendations
x)
Middleton Inc., I-30S,
Bryant, AR 72022/Contact Jeff
Hunter, Tower Operations Field Manager, (501) 765-8788
(1) Two day Electrical Protection & Grounding
Seminar
y)
WSIL-TV, 1416 Country Aire Dr.,
Cartersville, IL 62918/Contact Patrick Victoria, Chief Engineer
(618) 925-6394
(1)
TV tower, camera and equipment
building grounding
(2)
Electrical protection of
equipment and power entrance facilities
z)
WestStar TV, Ltd, 43 Eclipse Drive,
Grand Cayman, KY1-1205, Contact General Manager Darryl Hather (345)
745-0112
(1)
TV tower, camera and equipment
building grounding
(2)
Electrical protection of
equipment and power entrance facilities
aa)
NexGen
Energy Partners, LLC, 12303 Airport
Way, Suite 200, Broomfield, CO 80021, Contact Executive VP Bruce R.
Bredickas Jr. (303) 440-6262, Cell (717) 5428797
(1)
Wind
turbine grounding, electrical protection of equipment and turbine
blade protection from direct lightning strikes (four cases audited
in
Ohio)
(2)
Turbine blade protection from
lightning strikes using ‘Inhibitor’ Air Terminal technology from
Lightning Electrotechnologies Inc.,
Montreal,
Quebec,
Canada
bb)
Ameren
Services, 1901 Chouteau, MC 620,
St. Louis,
MO
63103/Contact
Mr. Andy
Morian, Network
Engineer (314) 609-5521
(1)
Tower and equipment building
grounding audits
(2)
Lightning and Grounding Standard
(3)
Training/2 day Seminar
cc)
Advanced Moving & Storage, Inc.,
7963 Apalachee Pkwy,
Tallahassee,
FL
32311/Contact
Mr. Steve Chaires (850)556-8877
(1) Electrical Protection and
grounding for electronic equipment from a close proximity
Verizon
Cell
Tower
that was causing damaging GPR from tower lightning strikes
dd)
Rohde
& Schwarz, Inc.,
1500 Lakeside Pkwy, Ste 100,
Flower
Mound,
TX
75028/Contact
Mr. Hans Peter Bauer (469) 713-5332
(1) Lightning strike protection for
an RF Absorber Wall using special air terminals
(200kV F-SAT) that ensure lightning leader
contact to the terminal
ee)
Matanuska Telephone
Association, Inc.,
1740 S Chugach Street,
Palmer, AK 99645/Contact Mr. Jim Gage (907) 761-2544
(1) Electrical Protection &
Grounding of an Ocean fiber optic cable and manhole
termination
ff)
Jo-Carroll Energy/SandPrairie Wireless,
793 Route 20 West,
Elizabeth
IL 61028/Contact Mr. Jeff Harrelson (800) 858-5522 Ex: 1336
(1) Electrical Protection and
grounding specifications for broadband services provided from
towers, water tanks, distribution poles, FM antennas and the
associated equipment buildings and equipment cabinets
gg)
Eugene Water & Electric
Board (EWEB),
500 East 4th
Street,
Eugene OR 97401/Contact Mr. Mark Zinniker (541) 685-7449
(1) Electrical Protection and Grounding
Specifications for Headquarters
Communications Building and Tower, and two remote mountain tower
sites
hh)
CH2M HILL Inc,
2300 NW Walnut Blvd,
Corvallis,
OR
97339/Contact
Mr. Bill Peterschmidt (541) 768-3458
(1) Electrical Protection and
Grounding Specifications for three mountain communication building
and tower sites in support of EWEB.
ii)
General Dynamics,
8201 E. McDowell Road,
Scottsdale
AZ
85257/Contact
Mr. Harry Gaul, P.E. (480) 441-5321
(1)
Air terminal design on 2000 foot towers
to prevent damage to dipole antennas from direct hits and side flash
jj)
KRIV TV
FOX
News
Tower
Houston
Texas,
5034 McHard Road,
Missouri City
TX
77489/Contact
Mr. Robert Byrne (713) 302-2777
(1) Grounding and
electrical protection assessment for the KRIV TV tower to minimize
VSWR trips from lightning strikes
kk)
Electronics Research, Inc., 7777
Gardner Road, Chandler, IN 47610/Contact Mr. Ron Lile (812) 925-6000
Ex 252
(1) Grounding and
electrical protection assessment for the KRIV TV tower, FOX News
Houston Texas
ll)
Contran Corporation, 5430 LBJ Fwy.,
Suite 1700, Dallas, TX 75240/Contact Mr.
Eb Redford
(970) 946-3016
(1) Grounding & Electrical
Protection Specification for tower and equipment building
mm)
Beech
Ridge Wind Farm WV, Contact Mr.
Donald Keef, (530) 223-1413, 1725 East Cypress Ave.,
Redding,
CA
96002
(1) Grounding design to minimize
lightning damage to turbine and equipment
nn)
H.B.
Robinson Nuclear Power Plant, 3581
W Entrance Rd, Hartsville, SC 29550/Contact Mr. Anthony Eason, P.E.
(843) 857-1842
(1)
Ground Potential Rise (GPR)
Assessment from lightning
(2)
Electrical protection and
grounding design to prevent lightning induced GPR
oo)
Kimberly-Clark Corporation,
5600 Kimberly Way,
Loudon
TN
37774/Contact
Mr. David Mabius (865) 755-3902, TM3 EE&E Coordinator
(1)
Lightning, grounding, and
electrical protection assessment for Kimberly-Clark facility in
Loudon,
TN
pp)
Hargrove Engineers &
Contractors,
20
South Royal St,
Mobile
AL
36652/Contact
Mr. Phil Hamilton (256) 432-4489, VP-North Atlantic Operations
(1)
Lightning, grounding, and
electrical protection assessment for Kimberly-Clark facility in
Loudon,
TN
(2)
Kimberly-Clark/Contact Mr. Jerry
Dougherty (865) 988-7144, Cell: (865) 755-0832
qq)
Seadrill Americas, Inc.,
11210 Equity Drive, Suite 150,
Houston
TX
77041/Contact
Mr. Adam Noecker (713) 329-2071, Cell: (713) 240-7185
(1)
Lightning,
grounding, and electrical protection assessment for the West Sirius
Oil Drilling Rig in the
Gulf of Mexico
(2)
Assessments for Polaris Drill Ship and West Eminence
Semi-Submersible Ram Rig in
Brazil
rr)
Vantage Point Solutions, 2211 North
Minnesota, Street,
Mitchell,
SD
57301/Contact
Mr. Nathan Weber (605) 995-1747, Cell: (605) 999-6364
(1)
GPR Study evaluating the
magnitude of the fault current, voltage potential of the ground
grid, and distance to the 300 Volt-Point per IEEE Std. 487-2004
ss)
Progress Energy, P.O. Box 1981,
Raleigh, NC 27602/Contact Mr. Marty Caviness (919) 546-4072, Cell:
(919) 971-5968
(1)
Lightning, grounding, and
electrical protection assessment of a communications building and
Hydroelectric Plant.
Report with recommendations, method
guidelines, surge protection equipment, and grounding design to
prevent further harm from lightning strokes
tt)
Occidental Permian, Ltd., 5
Greenway Plaza,
Suite 110,
Houston
TX 77046/Contacts:
i)
Mr. Ron Turner (281) 785-6031
ii)
Mr.
Justin Saxon
(806) 215-3636
iii)
Mr. Charlie Jividen (806)
215-0109
(1)
Lightning, grounding, and electrical
protection assessment of an oil field containing, battery areas,
wellheads of different types, towers, microwave communications, and
water plants.
Development of a Lightning Protection
Standard that will bring current oil removal operations up to
standard and methods for all future installations
uu)
Tri-State G&T Association, Inc.,
4331 Fulcrum Way NE, Rio Rancho, NM 87144/Contact: Mr. Mark Conner
(303) 452-6111 ex 3834, Cell: (303) 945-1533
(1)
Lightning, grounding, and
electrical protection assessment of microwave tower and equipment
building on the top of Sandia Crest in
Albuquerque,
NM.
Report with recommendations and AutoCAD
Drawings detailing method guidelines to protect communication and
microwave equipment from lightning strike energy
vv)
Bravado Inc., 1061
Maitland
Center
Commons,
Suite
204,
Maitland,
FL
32751/Contact
Mr. Victor Alas Jr.
(407)
831-1888, Cell: (321)277-8878
(1)
Design of a communications
Central Office (CO) grounding system in
Las
Vegas,
NV,
containing high soil resistivity, that is located near a power
substation
ww)
Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD),
S Street,
Sacramento,
CA 95817/Contact: Mr. Eric Fritz (916) 732-5988
(1)
Ground grid and electrical
protection design for two substations, with detailed engineering and
associated AutoCAD Drawings
(2)
Ground grid design for an
ethanol filling station that is located close to a substation to
prevent possible sparks and surge currents that could cause a fire
xx)
Alcatel/Lucent, Wireless Transmission Division,
3400 W. Plano Parkway, Plano, TX 75075/Contact: Mr. Al Heisner (214)
287-7504
(1)
Lightning,
grounding, and electrical protection assessment of 4 wireless cell
sites in
Louisiana
(2)
Report with recommendations,
method guidelines, surge protection equipment, and grounding design
to prevent further harm from lightning strokes
yy)
Dominion Energy, Brayton Point
Station,
Somerset,
MA
02726/Contact:
Mr. Mario
Silvia (508) 646-5259
(1)
GPR Study evaluating the
magnitude of the fault current, voltage potential of the ground
grid, and distance to the 300 Volt-Point per IEEE Std. 487-2004
(2)
Determination of the earth
potential at two specific locations where building installations
were being considered
zz)
LSP Energy, L.P.,
200 Industrial Drive,
Batesville,
MS
38606/Contact:
Mr. Jim
Reeves (662) 563-1330
Ex. 25
(1)
Lightning, grounding and
electrical protection assessment of a Power Plant
aaa)
Carolina
West Wireless,
119 Church View Lane,
Wilkesboro,
NC
28651/Contact:
Mr. Greg Roark (336) 973-5575
(1)
Lightning, grounding, and
electrical protection assessment of a communications building
(2)
Grounding and electrical
protection recommendations that eliminated any further damage to
equipment from lightning over the last 10 years
bbb)
Waste
Management, 1001 Fannin Street,
Suite 4000, Houston, TX 77002/Contact: Mr. James Kisiel, P.E. (713)
823-7068
(1)
Electrical protection assessment
of a power plant utilizing audio-tone protective relaying and
coordinating with Verizon, RFL, Dominion Power, and local personnel
ccc)
Global
Technology Resources, Inc., 990 S.
Broadway, Denver, CO 80209/Contact Mr. Vince Varga (720) 746-7894,
Cell: (303) 808-6783
(1)
Lightning, grounding, and
electrical protection assessment of a microwave tower and equipment
building on top of the mountains in Parachute, CO
(2)
Report with recommendations,
method guidelines, surge protection equipment, grounding design and
AutoCAD Drawings to prevent further harm from further lightning
strokes
ddd)
North
Dakota Department of Transportation,
608 East Boulevard Avenue, Bismarck, ND
58505/Contact Ms. E. Diane Laub (701) 328-2575
(1)
Two day training seminar on the
electrical protection of towers, equipment buildings from lightning
stroke damage
eee)
NextG
Networks, Inc., 2216 O’Toole
Avenue, San Jose, CA 95131/Contact Ms.
Norine Luker
(408) 677-7240
(1)
Lightning
strike probability assessment in the
New Jersey
area to power distribution poles with attached antenna equipment
fff)
Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD),
S Street,
Sacramento,
CA/Contact
Mr. Jaspal Deol, P.E. (916) 732-5015
(1)
Elverta Substation grounding to
prevent switching noise in control room
ggg)
Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD),
S Street,
Sacramento,
CA/Contact
Mr. Eric
Fritz (916) 732-5988
(1)
Video camera failures from power
cable fault protection recommendations
hhh)
Kansas
Turnpike Authority, 3939 SW Topeka
Blvd, Topeka, KS 66609/Contact Mr. Roger Browning (785) 842-0226
ext: 3252, Cell: (785) 224-9108
(1)
Tower and Toll Booth lightning
protection and grounding standard for the Kansas Turnpike
iii)
CIFR,
Inc., P.O. Box 2459, Kirtland, WA
98083/Contact Mr. Chuck Paul (360) 863-9333
(1)
Lightning and grounding
protection to CAMSS40EX Temporary Shelters
(2)
Installation kits developed for
military installations
jjj)
Trillion Partners, 9208 Waterford
Centre Blvd, Austin, TX 78758/Contact Mr. Steve Davis (512)
334-4103, Cell: (512) 484-2029
(1)
Tower lightning and grounding
standard for broadband services to schools
kkk)
Progress Energy, P.O. Box 1981,
Raleigh, NC 27602/Contact Mr. Marty Caviness (919) 546-4072, Cell:
(919) 971-5968
(1)
Tower and grounding audit for
Methods
Communications
Building
(2)
Recommendations for tower
grounding and entrance of coax cables
(3)
Note: no further lightning
damage in the last two years
lll)
Tacoma
Power, 3628 S. Street,
Tacoma,
WA
98409/Contact
Joshua M. Kay, P.E. (253) 502-8285
(1)
Grounding and lightning
protection study of the Wynoochee Dam
(2)
Lightning
Protection and Grounding Standard for
Tacoma
Power
mmm)
Reliant Energy, P.O. Box 148,
Houston, TX 77001/Contact Mr. James Elder (713) 497-6122, Cell:
(832) 256-5177
(1)
GPR Study
for the Mandalay
Power Station,
Oxnard,
CA
nnn)
Texas
Eastern Transmission (Duke Energy),
217 University Drive,
Lemont Furnace,
PA/Contact
Mr. Rudy
Mangini (724) 208-4202
(1)
Develop a Lightning and
Grounding Standard, and specifically design grounding systems for
Bakersville Tower Site and Holbrook Tower Site.
ooo)
Texas
Eastern Transmission (Duke Energy),
1462 River Road,
Marietta,
PA/Contact
Mr. Tom Talley (717) 329-7568
(1)
Design a lightning hardened
grounding system for Grantville Microwave Tower Site
ppp)
Wesley United
Methodist
Church,
5302 Hwy 69S,
Greenville,
TX/Contact Bill Gannaway (903) 457-4582
(1)
Investigate electromagnetic wave
damage from lightning strike to electronic equipment i.e.;
microphones, video equipment, sound equipment, and organ
(2)
Develop a lightning protection
system for building and equipment utilizing NFPA 780-2000 and a
design of a Faraday Cage for the Organ electronics
qqq)
Matanuska Telephone Association,
1740 S. Chugach Street, Palmer, AK/Contact Mr. Jim Gage (907)
761-2544 & Contact Mr. Mitch Vieu (907) 761-2194
(1)
Design grounding systems for
Remote Terminals placed in soil that has very high resistivity in
order to protect communication equipment against lightning stroke
rrr)
Greshman, Smith & Partners for the State of Tennessee Department of
Transportation, 6750 Poplar Ave,
Suite 100, Memphis TN 38138/Contact Mr.
Rodney Chester, P.E.
(901) 233-7734
(1)
Support RFP development for
microwave tower grounding for Wireless Backbone Project IM-098-4(8)
sss)
SAIC
Corporation, Systems Integration
Division,
1227 S. Patrick Drive, Suite 110,
Satellite Beach,
FL/Contact
Mr. Randy Straley (321) 779-6014
(1)
Support
RFP development for grounding against lightning damage on projects
for the Nuclear Test Band Treaty IMS Infrasound Stations in
Hawaii
and
Argentina
ttt)
Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD),
S Street,
Sacramento,
CA/Contacts
Mr. Urn Yeo
(916) 813-6148 & Mr. Eric Fritz (916) 732-5988
(1)
Contracted to review damage to
Headquarters buildings from a fault at their nearby East City
Substation
(2)
Developed a grounding and
electrical protection design from power induction and East City
Substation for over 100 telephones from damage after every fault
(3)
East City Substation has had
many major faults since and there has been no further damage to any
communications equipment
uuu)
DuPont
Louisville Works, 4200 Camp Ground
Road, Louisville, KY/Contact Mr. Tom Boyle (502) 775-3174
(1)
Lightning Protection and
Grounding of the VF Tower and Building, developed a test procedure
(2)
Coauthored a Lightning
Protection Standard
vvv)
Verizon Wireless,
500 W. Dove Road,
MC 1A16, Southlake, TX 76092/Contact Mr. William McCoy (682)
831-3163, Mobile PH: (817) 455-7933
(1)
Westminster Switch and Tower
Site grounding and lightning protection assessment
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