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LPGI CASE HISTORIES
 

Recent History & Evidence of Successful Completion of Similar Projects   

a)  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

b)  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.

c)  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

d) 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

e)  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

f)  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

g)  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

h)  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

i)   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

j)  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

k)  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

l)   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

m) 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

n)  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

o)  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

p)  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

q)  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

r)  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

s)  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

t)  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

u)  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                 

v)  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   

w) 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

x) 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

y)  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

z)  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

aa)  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

bb) 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

cc)  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

dd) 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

ee)  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

ff) 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

gg) 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

hh)  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.

ii)  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

jj)  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

kk) 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  

ll)  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)

mm)  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

nn)  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

oo) 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

pp) 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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