Blake Chappell

Working on the Sunzia Project. 550 miles of 525kv DC line. Have helped primarily with helicopter clipping of fiber and 1590 lapwing return line. Also assisted in pulling all wires including 2156 bluebird triple bundle.

• Did steel replacements on line feeding into London
• Reconducted 14 spans of circuit feeding into Glasgow, Scotland
• The circuit is a quadbundle 400kv line
• Our crew was responsible for spacers/despacer, dead-ends, and clipping/blocking.

• Run equipment used for setting structures and wire stringing procedures
• Set and framed 500kv lattice structures and "H-structures".

• 115kv Rebuilt line through Asheboro, NC
• Involved in structure changeouts as well as reconductor of 795 wire.

• Traveled USA working from helicopters on transmission lines
• Work involved consisted of everything in transmission linework
• Crew lead of clipping crew on 345kv new construction 50 mile line near Fort Stockton, TX

• Set 500kv steel "H-structures" in Everglades national park west of Miami.