Equipment inspections are necessary to provide over 27,000 utility consumers with dependable electricity delivery. Poles are along road right-of-ways and transformers are in residential yards, so the risk of a potentially deadly accident is very real. By utilizing a mobile GIS map viewer, field workers access menu drop-downs to enter data consistently and this data is synchronized with the GIS server to update it with the most current information. Because of the application of technology, the number of field inspections has increased as well as improved accuracy and consistency. By building the database, trends and patterns of issues, equipment purchases, and work methods can be evaluated and expedited. By increasing the numbers of inspections, safety and reliability are increased while costs and risks of liability are reduced.



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