Construction Support

Electric power companies and contractors rely on Air2 as the one-stop source for all their helicopter-aided construction needs. Air2’s operations are integrated and managed by professionals with over 100 years of combined experience in aerial, helicopter-based construction methods.

Air2’s helicopter-access utility construction methods offer your project the benefits of:

    • Expedited movement of personnel, tools and hardware to elevated work locations
    • Increased efficiency and accelerated work schedules
    • Access to difficult or sensitive areas
    • Minimal environmental impact, right-of-way (ROW) intrusion and matting requirements

New Construction Services

  • Structure and pole placement
  • Transport of vehicles, equipment, concrete and matting
  • Structure framing, including changing cross-arms or davit arms and installing x-braces, knee braces and v-braces
  • Hanging insulators and stringing blocks
  • Pulling sock line, hard line, optical ground wire (OPGW) and shield wire
  • Installing spacers, marker balls, bird discouragers and anti-galloping devices
  • Post-construction inspection services

Existing Asset Upgrade Services

    • Unclipping wire and hanging stringing blocks, including tangent, angle and double dead-end structures
    • Cutting out or covering shield wire sleeves and other shield wire repairs as needed
    • Clipping in conductors and overhead wires and removing stringing blocks, including tangent, angle and double dead-end structures
    • Cutting out conductor sleeves and installing double socks
    • Installing optical ground wire (OPGW)