and track the data, we tailored our ADMS to apply to this non-disaster work, and we were better able to serve the client and keep them apprised of this wide-ranging effort.
P&J’s Integrated Vegetation Management Program is the natural evolution of these decades of work.
P&J took lessons learned over 5 years working in California in a complex environment and developed an Integrated Vegetation Management approach which we proposed to a long-term client AEP. After successful negotiations P&J executed 32 months of hazard tree removals across 11 states with peak manpower exceeding 500 personnel. The partnership between P&J and AEP was the first of its kind because it allowed us to take a collaborative and comprehensive approach to fully managing an integrated vegetation program, from planning to technology, to work order, through execution, and QC and verification. Over 5,400 miles of ROW were upgraded on AEP’s system from these efforts. The result of this innovative partnership is that our Power market has developed a combination of management approaches, including site assessment, control, and evaluation, to maintain existing ROWs. This systematic approach integrates cutting-edge technology, stemming from
P&J’s Work Planners use SmartTrack to record real-time data on a hazard tree’s condition, species, defects, location, and more
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