Crux executives to speak on transmission construction in sensitive areas

Nick Salisbury, president of Crux Subsurface, and Scott Tunison, vice president of operations, will be presenting at the EUCI Conference titled: “Transmission Siting: Planning, Permitting and Construction for Sensitive Environments” being held in Portland next week.

The conference will focus on routing, permitting, design and construction practices for transmission projects located in sensitive environments. Transmission, environmental and regulatory professionals are expected to attend.

Salisbury and Tunison, who are experts in geotechnical drilling, will address the design, construction and benefits of micropile foundations for transmission lines being constructed in environmentally sensitive and limited-access areas. The successful use of micropile foundations for the Sunrise Powerlink project will serve as an illustrative example. Although the Sunrise project faced a variety of environmental mitigation challenges, the alignment was successfully constructed through a variety of terrain, including National Forest Land and other protected habitats.

For more information on the conference, including registration, see Transmission Siting: Planning, Permitting and Construction for Sensitive Environments.