Case Studies

June 16, 2016

ComEd Barge Case Study

ComEd Barge Case Study (PDF 4.9 MB)

June 16, 2016

NEW SOUTH comes in under budget and beats HOCOL’s deadline in South America!

NEW SOUTH's Vice President and one of our NEW SOUTH project managers were in Colombia, South America managing the installation of the emtek Wetland Access System on the Calipso project site for HOCOL.

August 11, 2014

Secondary Containment Case Study

A lightning strike at a saltwater disposal system near Cresson sent flames and thick, black smoke billowing high into the sky shortly before 7 Thursday night. The fire destroyed 10 Saltwater Storage tanks and a small office building at the Texas Transco Inc.

April 9, 2014

ComEd Barge / Island Project

Multiple mat solutions on ComEd project Challenge: ComEd was faced with a transmission and distribution project that presented multiple challenges and required several matting access solutions to cross a river to an island with a wetland. Preparation for this project took seven months of careful planning to create the safest way on and off the ...

April 7, 2014

ComEd Emergency Response Case Study

NEW SOUTH responds immediately to ComEd’s need to restore 200,000 outages Challenge: A devastating storm hit the Midwest spawning 80 tornadoes, leaving 200,000 ComEd customers without electricity. The most destructive tornadoes reached a Fujita scale of EF-4 and packed winds of up to 200 mph, obliterating homes, farms and buildings across Illinois and northern Indiana, ...

March 27, 2014

EarthSafe works in any and every environment

Challenge Is there a single system that enables you to cross waterways, bodies of water and sensitive environments – all with no impact? Yes. Whether it’s an 80’ clear span bridge or a 200’ bridge across a lake or pond, our EarthSafe bridging solutions provide heavy loading and safe access in all environments.

March 27, 2014

Floating roadway revolutionizes T&D access

Challenge: American Transmission Company (ATC) needed to replace more than 100 K-frame structures with steel H-frame poles that supported a 345kV line. Much of the work was to take place on a 1.6-mile stretch of wetland, heavily protected by state DNR mandates and accessed only via private property.

October 21, 2012

The emtek® wetland access system from NEW SOUTH

The emtek® wetlands access system from NEW SOUTH

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