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a)
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
b)
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
c)
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
d)
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
e)
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
f)
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
g)
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
h)
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
i)
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.
j)
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
k)
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
l)
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
m)
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
n)
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
o)
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
p)
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
q)
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
r)
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
s)
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
t)
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
u)
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
v)
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
w)
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
x)
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
y)
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
z)
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
aa)
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
bb)
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
cc)
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 audiotone protective relaying and coordinating with Verizon,
RFL, Dominion Power, and local personnel
dd)
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
ee)
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
ff)
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
gg)
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
hh)
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
ii)
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
jj)
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
kk)
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
ll)
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
mm)
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
nn)
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
oo)
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.
pp)
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
qq)
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
rr)
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
ss)
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)
tt)
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
uu)
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
vv)
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
ww)
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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