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Work Continues on IAMU Substation

4/21/2015

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by Jim Wolfe, IAMU Electric Services Coordinator

Spring time again brings action to the IAMU Training Field. Electric, Gas, and Water programs are all preparing for their spring workshops. The Electric Safety Committee gathered for a workday last Friday to prepare for their May Overhead Distribution Workshop.
The substation on the training field has been a work in progress for several years. The project has been idle for about a year until recently. We were waiting for delivery of a laminate wood pole from Laminate Wood Systems to move forward. With the help of Cahoon Sales of Iowa City, LWS came through and delivered our pole late last fall and was then set by a local contractor. Now, the committee had what they needed to move forward. An overhead transmission switch was purchased with help from Energy Solutions Inc. to mount onto the new structure. This switch will connect our substation to the transmission line that semi-surrounds the training field. Last Friday the committee began to outfit the new pole with a switch.

We had a very good turnout for our workday. The weather was great and everyone was ready to help. Ames Municipal Utilities was able to donate the use of one of their trucks and manpower to mount the switch parts onto the 65 ft structure. I can’t say enough about how great it is to have these guys on our committee. They bring valuable experience to the table at times like these and make projects like this go smoothly. There is still work to be done, but it should be ready for training programs at the upcoming workshop in May. This mock substation will serve as just one more training tool on our field when completed.

I would like to thank the utilities of Algona, Ames, Aurelia, Denison, Indianola, Montezuma, Mount Pleasant, Muscatine, and Pella for allowing their employees to help provide training for IAMU and also Energy Solutions Inc. and McCaskey Co. for being valuable members of the committee and experts in their field during workshops. I hope to see some of you May 13-15 at our facility in Ankeny for the Overhead Workshop.
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