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Design Codes, Standards, and Manuals Used in Power Line Systems' Software
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be selected by name.
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and can be
modified to fit almost any international Code or Standard. If
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and Standards is not
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updated information
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Program

Design Code, Standard or Manual

ANSI O5.1
PLS-POLE Specifications and Dimensions for Wood
Poles

Version
Implemented

Current Pending
Version Revision

2002, 2008, 2015 2015

ANSI/TIA/EIA 222
PLS-POLE
Rev. F, G
Structural Standards for Steel Antenna
TOWER
1996,2006
Towers and Antenna Supporting Structures

How To
Acquire
ATIS

Rev. G
2006

TIA Online

TOWER

AS3995
Design of steel lattice towers and masts

1994

1994

IHS Global

TOWER

AS4100
Steel Structures

1998

1998

IHS Global

2002

2002

IHS Global

PLS-CADD
AS/NZS 7000:2010
PLS-POLE
2010
Overhead line design - Detailed procedures
TOWER

2010

Standards New
Zealand

2015

2015

2020

ASCE
Publications
Bookstore

2005, 2011

2011

2016

ASCE
Publications
Bookstore

PLS-CADD ASCE Manual 74

PLS-POLE Guidelines for Electrical Transmission Line 1991, 2009
TOWER
Structural Loading

2009

ASCE
Publications
Bookstore

1999

Techstreet
IHS Global

PLS-CADD AS/NZS 1170.2

PLS-POLE Structural Design Actions Part 2: Wind
TOWER
Actions

TOWER

ASCE Standard 10-97

Design of Latticed Steel Transmission
Structures
(Previously known as ASCE Manual 52)

ASCE Standard 48-11 (previously known

as ASCE Manual 72)
PLS-POLE
Design of Steel Transmission Pole
Structures

TOWER

British Standard 8100

Lattice Towers and Masts - Code of
Practice for Strength Assessment of

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1999

Design Codes, Standards, and Manuals Used in Power Line Systems' Software

Members of Lattice Towers and Masts

CIGRE Brochure 207
PLS-CADD Thermal Behaviour of Overhead
Conductors

2002

2002

CIGRE

CSA S37
PLS-POLE
Antennas, Towers, and Antenna-Supporting 2001
TOWER
Structures

2001

Shop CSA

TOWER

ECCS
Recommendations for Angles in Lattice
Transmission Towers, European
Convention for Constructional Steel Work

1985

1985

PLS-CADD
EN50341-1:2001, EN50341-1:2012
PLS-POLE
CENELEC
TOWER

2001,2012

2012

European
Committee for
Electrotechnical
Standardization

PLS-CADD EN50341-3-9, EN50341-2-9

PLS-POLE National Normative Aspects (NNA) for
TOWER
The United Kingdom and Northern Ireland

2001,2015

2015

BSI Global

2001

European
Committee for
Electrotechnical
Standardization

PLS-CADD EN50341-3-17
PLS-POLE National Normative Aspects (NNA) for
TOWER
Portugal

2001

PLS-CADD EN50341-2-22
PLS-POLE National Normative Aspects (NNA) for
TOWER
Poland

2016

2016

European
Committee for
Electrotechnical
Standardization

ESAA C(b)1-2003
PLS-CADD
Guidelines for Design and Maintenance of
PLS-POLE
Overhead Distribution and Transmission
TOWER
Lines

2003

2003

SAI Global

ENV 1991-2-4
PLS-POLE Eurocode 1: Basis of design and actions on
structures

1991

1991

BSI Global

PLS-CADD IEC 60826

PLS-POLE Design criteria of overhead transmission
TOWER
lines

2003

2003

IEEE-738
Standard for Calculating the CurrentPLS-CADD
Temperature Relationship of Bare
Overhead Conductors

1993, 2006, 2012 2012

IEEE Standards
Association

IS 802
PLS-CADD
Use of Structural Steel in Overhead
PLS-POLE
Transmission Line Towers - Code of
TOWER
Practice

1995

India Standard
802, Bureau of
Indian
Standards, New
Dehli, India

PLS-CADD
PLS-POLE National Electric Safety Code
TOWER

1997, 2002,
2012
2007, 2012, 2017

TOWER

PN-90/B-03200
Steel Structures Design Rules (Poland)

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1990

2017

2015

2017

IHS Global

IEEE Standards
Association

Design Codes, Standards, and Manuals Used in Power Line Systems' Software

SP 16.13330.2011
SNiP (Russia)

2011

PLS-CADD TP.DL 12.01

PLS-POLE Transmission line loading code
TOWER
Transpower New Zealand

2003

TOWER

2011

Other References:
Design Loads and Philosophies
"Wind Loading: Uncertainties and Honesty Suggest Simplification" A discussion by Dr. Alain H.
Peyrot (Download from PLS).
Guidelines for Electrical Transmission Line Structural Loading, ASCE Manual 74 - 2009
Design Criteria for Overhead Transmission Lines, Draft Standard No. 60826, International
Electrotechnical Commission, Geneva, Switzerland, 2000
Design Manual for High Voltage Transmission Lines, REA Bulletin 1724E-200, Rural Electrification
Administration, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Sept. 1992.
Transmission Line Design Manual, by Holland H. Farr, Western Area Power Administration, United
States Department of the Interior, 1980
Minimum Design Loads for Buildings and Other Structures, SEI/ASCE 7-02 (SEI/ASCE Standard No.
7-02)
C22.3 Overhead Systems, Canadian Standards Assocation
Transmission Structures
Design of Latticed Steel Transmission Structures, ASCE Standard 10-15, 2015
ASCE Standard 48-11 (previously ASCE Manual Design of Steel Transmission Pole Structures)
Design of Prestressed Concrete Poles, PCI Journal, Vol. 42, No.6, Nov. 1997 - will be available as
ASCE publication
Specifications and Dimensions for Wood Poles, ANSI 05-1, 2002
IEEE Trial-Use Design Guide for Wood Transmission Structures, IEEE Std. 751, 1991
Design of Guyed Electrical Transmission Structures, ASCE Manual 91, 1997
Structural Engineering Handbook, 4th Edition, McGraw Hill, 1997, Section 30 on Transmission and
Communication Structures by Peyrot and Brinker
AISC: LRFD Manual of Steel Construction - Third Edition
RUS Electric ProgramBulletins and Informational Publications
Conductor Design and Behavior
Sag-Tension Calculation Methods for Overhead Lines, CIGRE Brochure 324, Task Force B2.12.3
Southwire's Overhead Conductor Manual
Aluminum Electrical Conductor Handbook, Third Edition, Aluminum Association, 1989
Wind-Induced Conductor Motion, an EPRI Transmission Line Reference Book, EPRI Project 792, 1979
IEEE Standard for Calculating the Current-Temperature Relationship of Bare Overhead Conductors,
IEEE Std. 738, 1993
IEEE Guide for Describing the Effects of High Temperature Operation on Conductors, Connectors, and
Conductor Hardware for Overhead Transmission Lines, IEEE proposed standard under development,
1999
Foundations
IEEE Guide for Transmission Structure Foundation Design, IEEE Std. 691, 2001
Construction
IEEE Guide to the Installation of Overhead Transmission Line Conductors, IEEE Std. 524, 1992
Transmission Line Construction, an IEEE Standards Collection, 1994
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