CASE STUDY

Detailed Modeling Creates Path to Resilience

The Situation

While inspecting a utility’s transmission network in 2017, an Osmose assessment crew encountered a lattice tower with significant corrosion at its base. Osmose engineers determined that the structure was at risk of failure and informed the utility. Before the utility could replace the tower, however, a tornado touched down nearby and the tower collapsed, leaving thousands of households in the dark and shutting down an important traffic artery.

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