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Design Codes, Manuals, & Standards

Many of the requirements of the Codes and Standards listed below are hard-coded in our software and can optionally be selected by name. However, you should understand that

design criteria in PLS-CADD are generic and can be modified to fit almost any international Code or Standard. If the information you are searching for regarding Codes and Standards

is not included below it is because we do not have it. Please feel free to provide updated information or suggestions for additional references.

Program Design Code, Standard, or Manual Version Implemented Current Version Pending Version How to Acquire

ANSI O5.1
PLS-POLE 2002, 2008, 2015, 2017 2017 ANSI
Specifications and Dimensions for Wood Poles
PLS-POLE ANSI/TIA/EIA 222 Rev. F, G Rev. G
TIA Online
TOWER Structural Standards for Steel Antenna Towers and Antenna Supporting Structures 1996, 2006 2006
AS3995
TOWER 1994 1994 IHS Global
Design of Steel Lattice Towers and Masts
AS4100
TOWER 1998 1998 IHS Global
Steel Structures
PLS-CADD
AS/NZS 1170.2
PLS-POLE 2002 2002 IHS Global
Structural Design Actions Part 2: Wind Actions
TOWER
PLS-CADD
AS/NZS 7000
PLS-POLE 2001, 2016 2016 Standards New Zealand
Overhead Line Design - Detailed Procedures
TOWER
ASCE Standard 10
TOWER Design of Latticed Steel Transmission Structures 2015 2015 2020 ASCE Publications Books
(Previously known as ASCE Manual 52)
ASCE Standard 48
PLS-POLE Design of Steel Transmission Pole Structures 2005, 2001 2011 2018 ASCE Publications Books
(Previously known as ASCE Manual 72)
PLS-CADD
ASCE Manual 74
PLS-POLE 1991, 2009 2009 ASCE Publications Books
Guidelines for Electrical Transmission Line Structural Loading
TOWER
British Standard 8100 Techstreet
TOWER 1999 1999
Lattice Towers and Masts - Code of Practice for Strength Assessment of Members of Lattice Towers and Masts IHS Global
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PLS-CADD CIGRE Brochure 207 2002 2002 CIGRE

Thermal Behavior of Overhead Conductors M
PLS-POLE CSA S37
2001 2001 Shop CSA
TOWER Antennas, Towers, and Antenna-Supporting Structures
ECCS
TOWER Recommendations for Angles in Lattice Transmission Towers, European Convention for Constructional Steel 1985 1985 BSI Global
Work
PLS-CADD
EN50341-1:2001, EN50341-1:2012
PLS-POLE 2001,2012 2012 European Committee for E
CENELEC
TOWER
PLS-CADD
EN50341-3-2
PLS-POLE 2001 2001 European Committee for E
National Normative Aspects (NNA) for Belgium
TOWER
PLS-CADD
EN50341-3-9, EN50341-2-9
PLS-POLE 2001, 2015 2015 BSI Global
National Normative Aspects (NNA) for The United Kingdom and Northern Ireland
TOWER
PLS-CADD
EN50341-3-17
PLS-POLE 2001 2001 European Committee for E
National Normative Aspects (NNA) for Portugal
TOWER
PLS-CADD
EN50341-2-22
PLS-POLE 2016 2016 European Committee for E
National Normative Aspects (NNA) for Poland
TOWER
PLS-CADD
ESAA C(b)1-2003
PLS-POLE 2003 2003 SAI Global
Guidelins for Design and Maintenance of Overhead Distribution and Transmission Lines
TOWER
ENV 1991-2-4
PLS-POLE 1991 1991 BSI Global
Eurocode 1: Basis of design and actions on structures
PLS-CADD
IEC 60826
PLS-POLE 2003, 2017 2017 IEC Webstore
Design criteria of overhead transmission lines
TOWER
IEEE-738
PLS-CADD 1993, 2006, 2012 2012 IEEE Standards Associatio
Standard for Calculating the Current-Temperature Relationship of Bare Overhead Conductors
PLS-CADD
IS 802
PLS-POLE 1995, 2015 2015 India Standard 802, Bureau
Use of Structural Steel in Overhead Transmission Line Towers - Code of Practice
TOWER
PLS-CADD
PLS-POLE National Electric Safety Code 1997, 2002, 2007, 2012, 2017 2012 2022 IEEE Standards Associatio
TOWER
PN-90/B-03200
TOWER 1990
Steel Structures Design Rules (Poland)
SP 16.13330.2011
TOWER 2011 2011
SNiP (Russia)
PLS-CADD TP.DL 12.01
PLS-POLE Transmission line loading code 2003
TOWER Transpower New Zealand

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Other References: M

• 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 05-1-2017

○ 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 Program Bulletins and Informational Publications

○ Transmission Line Design Manual, United States Department of the Interior Water and Power Resource Service, 1980 by Holland H. Farr

• Conductor Design and Behavior

○ Sag-Tension Calculation Methods for Overhead Lines, CIGRE Brochure 324, Task Force B2.12.3

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○ Southwire's Overhead Conductor Manual

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○ 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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